--- title: How Much Stamps Are Set to Rise This Summer description: The U.S. Postal Service has proposed increasing the cost of a Forever stamp by 5 cents this summer. authors: - name: Liliana Hall role: Reporter url: https://money.com/author/liliana-hall/ bio: Liliana Hall joined Money in 2025. She is an Austin-based reporter for Money, where she covers a range of topics, including financial news, policy, banking, investing, passive income, financial planning and student loan debt. education: University of Texas at Austin at_money_since: 2025 articles: 133 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/lilihallllllll - https://www.linkedin.com/in/liliana-hall/ editors: - name: Julia Glum role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/julia-glum/ bio: Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. She also writes Dollar Scholar, a weekly newsletter that teaches young adults how to navigate the messy world of money. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2018 articles: 453 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - Newsweek - International Business Times - CBS News - Good Morning America - WUSA9 - Pix 11 - The New York Times - Mashable - The Washington Post - CNBC - Politico social: - https://x.com/superjulia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-glum published: '2025-05-07T15:13:49.000Z' modified: '2025-05-07T15:13:49.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - News word_count: 381 canonical: https://money.com/how-much-stamp-prices-will-go-up-this-summer/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Illustration of a stamp being popped out of dollar bills](https://img.money.com/2025/04/News-Stamp-Prices-Increasing-Again-Summer.jpg?crop=0px%2C73px%2C2880px%2C1620px&quality=85) The cost of stamps is about to go up — again. The U.S. Postal Service proposed a rate hike for its first-class Forever stamp in a notice filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission last week. The move, pending approval, would raise the price of Forever stamps from 73 cents to 78 cents — approximately a 6.8% increase — on July 13. The USPS has raised prices on its Forever stamp [19 times](https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2024-03/risc-wp-24-004.pdf) since 2000 but insisted in a news release that they're still “among the most affordable in the world.” The latest price increase proposal would be the first to go into effect since July 2024, when the Forever stamp rose from 68 cents to 73 cents. [Taking a step back from tradition](https://money.com/usps-stamp-prices-shipping-costs-2025/), stamp prices held steady in January after the agency credited earlier price hikes for boosting revenue and pinned hopes on cooling inflation to rein in costs. However, in the release, the Postal Service said that price increases are necessary to achieve “financial stability” and stay on track with its 10-year [Delivering for America plan](https://about.usps.com/what/strategic-plans/delivering-for-america/). Assuming regulators approve the proposal, the upcoming changes would reflect just one of [five planned price hikes](https://prc.arkcase.com/api/prc-dockets/filing/downloadFile?fileId=207868&inline=true) slated through 2027. ## Stamp prices on the rise (among other things) Stamps aren’t the only thing facing a price increase at the USPS this year. Other [proposed increases for postage include](https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/0409-usps-recommends-new-prices-for-july-2025.htm#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20The%20U.S.%20Postal,insurance%20when%20mailing%20an%20item.): - **Postage for 1-ounce metered letters**: 69 cents to 74 cents - **Postage for domestic postcards**: 56 cents to 62 cents - **Postage for international postcards**: $1.65 to $1.70 - **Postage for 1-ounce international letters**: $1.64 to $1.70 - **Additional-ounce price for letters:** 28 cents to 29 cents But guess what? There’s one price *reduction* of 12% for postal insurance. Small wins are still wins. ## What's next for the USPS? The price proposal announcement comes at a particularly uncertain time for the Postal Service. In November, the agency [reported](https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2024/1114-usps-reports-fiscal-year-2024-results.htm) a net loss of $9.5 billion for its 2024 fiscal year, up from a $6.5 billion net loss the year prior. Former U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigned in March as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, suggested that the agency could be privatized (a move that has [raised many questions](https://apnews.com/article/us-postal-service-privatization-trump-musk-dejoy-692d56e701f3853af4ce914832a33124) surrounding legality). The USPS has functioned as an independent government organization since [1971](https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-service#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20Postal%20Service,%2C%20approved%20August%2012%2C%201970.). ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/how-much-stamp-prices-will-go-up-this-summer/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "How Much Stamps Are Set to Rise This Summer" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/how-much-stamp-prices-will-go-up-this-summer/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/how-much-stamp-prices-will-go-up-this-summer/", "name": "How Much Stamps Are Set to Rise This Summer", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2025-05-07T15:13:49.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/how-much-stamp-prices-will-go-up-this-summer/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/how-much-stamp-prices-will-go-up-this-summer/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2025-05-07T15:13:49.000Z" }, { "@type": "NewsArticle", "headline": "How Much Stamps Are Set to Rise This Summer", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2025/04/News-Stamp-Prices-Increasing-Again-Summer.jpg?crop=0px%2C73px%2C2880px%2C1620px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "News-Stamp-Prices-Increasing-Again-Summer" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liliana Hall", "url": "https://money.com/author/liliana-hall/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/liliana-hall/#author", "description": "Liliana Hall joined Money in 2025. 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