First Class:

• All personal letters & cospondence.
• Deliveres anywhere in the U.S. usually in less than a week.
• Gives mail personal one of a kind appearance if live stamp used.
• Post Office forwards at no additional cost if person has moved.
• Post Office goes to considerable length to deliver.
• Limited tracking now available on some mail.
• Postage can be affixed by stamp, meter or indicia.

Standard (bulk rate): (for profit & non-profit)

• Less personal than First Class.
• Deliveres to most points in the U.S. in less than two weeks. Locally deliveres in three days or less, usually.
• Does not automatically forward unless you pay for forwarding.
• Forwarding available at an additional cost.
• Limited tracking now available on some mail.
• If forwarding not requested Standard mail recycled if undeliverable as addressed.
• Postage can be affixed by stamp, meter or indicia.
• Can be used for generic letters even if they have an inside address & salutation.

Periodicals: (for profit & non-profit)

• Sometimes refered to as Second Class.
• Delivery time & other charactistics similar to Standard mail.
• Used for newsletters, etc, mailed at scheduled intervals.
• Cannot be used for personal cospondence.
• Postage can be less than Standard mail.

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