Priority Mail FLAT RATE - Domestic and International - Retail & Com base (Updated 2014 prices)

Priority Mail FLAT RATE - Domestic and International - 2014 Prices (Retail & Com base)

By Carrie J Foster on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 12:44pm

Priority Mail 

Retail Flat rate

Domestic

Flat rate Envelope (12-1/2" x 9-1/2" or smaller): $5.60

Legal flat rate envelope: $5.75

Padded Flat rate envelope: $5.95

Small Flat rate box: $5.80

Medium Flat rate Box: $12.35

Large Flat rate box - Domestic Address: $17.45

Large Flat rate box - APO/FPO/DPO address: $15.45 

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Priority Mail 

Commercial Base flat rate (stamps.com, usps.com, endicia or paypal)

Domestic

Flat rate Envelope (12-1/2" x 9-1/2" or smaller): $5.05

Legal flat rate envelope: $5.25

Padded Flat rate envelope $5.70

Small Flat rate box : $5.25

Medium Flat rate Box: $11.30

Large Flat rate box -Domestic Address: $15.80

Large Flat rate box - APO/FPO/DPO address: $13.80 

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Priority Mail

Retail Flat Rate

International

Flat rate envelopes, padded flat rate envelope, legal flat rate envelope & small flat rate box (max weight 4lbs)

Canada: $20.55

All other countries: $24.75

Medium flat rate box (max weight 20lbs)

Canada: $42.25 

All Other countries: $61.75 

Large flat rate box (max weight 20lbs)

Canada: $55.75

All other countries: $80.50  

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Priority Mail

Commercial Base Pricing (stamps.com/usps.com, endicia or paypal)

International

Flat rate envelopes, padded flat rate envelope, legal flat rate envelope & small flat rate box (max weight 4lbs)

Canada: $19.50

All other countries: $23.50 

Medium flat rate box (max weight 20lbs)

Canada: $40.15

All Other countries: $58.65 

Large flat rate box (max weight 20lbs)

Canada: $52.95

All other countries: $76.50 

USPS 1st Class Pkg Services International zones 6, 7, 8, 9 - Retail & Com Base prices (2014 Updated prices)

USPS 1st Class Pkg Services International zones 6, 7, 8, 9 - 2014 Retail & Com Base prices

By Carrie J Foster on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 12:45pm

These rates are for US to international zones 6, 7, 8 & 9- 2014 - USPS 1st Class Package Services - and are based on USPS RETAIL rates. 

Countries included in zones 6-9 are:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Ascencion, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Beliz, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Columbia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote  d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equitorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgystan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,  Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Pitcairn Island, Qatar, Reunion, Rwanda, St Christopher/Nevis, St Lucia, St Helena, St Vincent & Grenadines, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tristan Da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe 

Weight not over (oz)

1 - $6.55

2 - $6.55

3 - $9.15

4 - $9.15

5 - $12.15

6 - $12.15

7 - $12.15

8 - $12.15

12 - $14.30

16 - $16.25

20 - $18.20

24 - $20.15

28 - $22.10

32 - $24.05

36 - $26.00

40 - $27.95

44 - $29.90

48 - $31.85

52 - $33.80

56 - $35.75

60 - $37.70

64 - $39.65

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International 1st class package services zones 6, 7, 8, 9 Commercial Base Pricing (paypal/stamps.com)

Weight not over (oz)

1 - $6.16

2 - $6.16

3 - $8.60

4 - $8.60

5 - $10.94

6 - $10.94

7 - $10.94

8 - $10.94

12 - $12.87

16 - $14.63

20 - $16.38

24 - $18.14

28 - $19.89

32 - $21.65

36 - $23.40

40 - $25.16

44 - $26.91

48 - $28.67

52 - $30.42

56 - $32.18

60 - $33.93

64 - $35.69

USPS 1st class pkg services International zones 3, 4, 5 - Retail & com base pricing (Updated 2014 Prices)

USPS 1st class pkg services International zones 3, 4, 5 - 2014 Retail & com base pricing

By Carrie J Foster on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 12:47pm

These rates are for US to international zones 3, 4, & 5 - 2014 -

USPS 1st Class Package Services - and are based on USPS RETAIL rates. 

Countries included in zones 3, 4, 5 are:
Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia

Bulgaria

China

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

Greece

Georgia

Germany

Gibraltar

Great Britain/N Ireland

Greece

Greenland

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

South Korea

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

St. Pierre/Miquelon

San Marino

Serbia

Slovak republic

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

Vatican City 

Weight not over (oz): 

1 - $6.55

2 - $6.55

3 - $9.45

4 - $9.45

5 - $12.75

6 - $12.75

7 - $12.75

8 - $12.75

12 - $14.90

16 - $16.75

20 - $18.60

24 - $20.45

28 - $22.30

32 - $24.15

36 - $26.00

40 - $27.85

44 - $29.70

48 - $31.55

52 - $33.40

56 - $35.25

60 - $37.10

64 - $38.95

 Weight over 64 oz (4lbs) package must go USPS Priority International or Express international

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International groups 3, 4, 5 - Commercial Base 1st class International package services pricing (stamps.com, usps.com, endicia or paypal)

1 - $6.16 

2 - $6.16

3 - $8.88

4 - $8.88

5 - $11.48

6 - $11.48

7 - $11.48

8 - $11.48

12 - $13.41

16 - $15.08

20 - $16.74

24 - $18.41

28 - $20.07

32 - $21.74

36 - $23.40

40 - $25.07

44 - $26.73

48 - $28.40

52 - $30.05

56 - $31.73

60 - $33.39

64 - $35.06

Weight over 64oz (4 lbs) must go USPS Priority Mail International or Express international

USPS 1st Class Pkg Services Int'l (Mexico) 2014 Retail & Commercial Base Rates

USPS 1st Class Pkg Services Int'l (Mexico) 2014 Retail & Commercial Base Rates

By Carrie J Foster on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 12:48pm

These rates are for US to Mexico - 2014 - USPS 1st Class Package Services - and are based on USPS RETAIL rates.

Weight not over (oz)

1 - $6.55

2 - $6.55

3 - $8.85

4 - $8.85

5 - $11.55

6 - $11.55

7 - $11.55

8 - $11.55

12 - $13.50

16 - $15.05

20 - $16.60

24 - $18.15

28 - $19.70

32 - $21.25

36 - $22.80

40 - $24.35

44 - $25.90

48 - $27.45

52 - $29.00

56 - $30.55

60 - $32.10

64 - $33.65

Weight over 64 oz (4lbs) package must go via International Priority Mail or Express International.

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International - Mexico 1st class package services Commercial base pricing (Paypal/stamps.com)

Weight not over (oz) 

1 - $6.16

2 - $6.16

3 - $8.32

4 - $8.35

5 - $10.40

6 - $10.40

7 - $10.40

8 - $10.40

12 - $12.15

16 - $13.55

20 - $14.94

24 - $16.34

28 - $17.73

32 - $19.13

36 - $20.52

40 - $21.92

44 - $23.31

48 - $24.71

52 - $26.10

56 - $27.50

60 - $28.89

64 - $30.29

Weight over 64 oz (4lbs) package must go via International Priority Mail or Express International.

USPS 1st Class International (Canada) Rates (Updated 2014 rates)

USPS 1st Class International (Canada) Rates 2014

These are INTERNATIONAL 1st class Package Services US to CANADA - 2014 Rates - these prices are based on USPS Retail 

Weight not over (oz) 

1 - $6.55

2 - $6.55

3 - $7.65

4 - $7.65

5 - $8.80

6 - $8.80

7 - $8.80

8 - $8.80

12 - $9.55

16 - $10.95

20 - $12.35

24 - $13.75

28 - $15.15

32 - $16.55

36 - $17.95

40 - $19.35

44 - $20.75

48 - $22.15

52 - $23.55

56 - $24.95

60 - $26.35

64 - $27.75

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International 1st Class Package Services - Commercial Base Pricing 2014 rates (stamps.com, usps.com, paypal, or endicia)

Weight not over (oz)

1 - $6.16

2 - $6.16

3 - $6.91

4 - $6.91

5 - $7.70

6 - $7.70

7 - $7.70

8 - $7.70

12 - $8.24

16 - $9.50

20 - $10.76

24 - $12.02

28 - $13.28

32 - $14.54

36 -$15.80

40 - $17.06

44 - $18.32

48 - $19.58

52 - $20.84

56 - $22.10

60 - $23.36

64 - $24.62

These rates are good up to 64oz (4lbs) after that the package must go USPS priority mail international or express international.

These rates are the same regardless of what zip code you ship from in the US.

Educate Yourself: Weights of Metal Alloys

This is another in the continuing series of blogs with the theme of "educate yourself". This blog came about as the result of seeing a lot of beads for sale that were labeled as solid sterling silver - but for 100 they weighed in at well under 1/2 oz by the person who was selling them.

As you know if you've read my past blogs you know that silver plated items, and worse 'Tibetan silver' items are likely to be something else entirely, you've probably guessed that 100 SOLID Sterling Silver beads should probably weigh more than 1/2 ounce. You're right.

Given that I make chainmaille I work with jump rings that I coil & cut myself. These jump rings start out as raw wire. I thought I'd give you a bit of a comparison of the weights of different metal alloys to show just how heavy REAL sterling silver really is. Much of my chainmaille work is done in Bright Aluminum, stainless steel, or copper. Most know that copper is a heavy material to work with too but its actually a lot lighter than Sterling silver because Sterling silver is only 7.75% copper.

Sterling silver is an alloy of copper & silver. Elements Cu (copper) and Ag (Silver), with copper being at 29 on the periodic table and Silver being at 47 - a much heavier element - it simply stands to reason that items with an actual higher content of real silver means the item is going to be heavier than those that contain a majority content of lighter elements.

So without further adieu here's the list of metals I work in and the number of feet of wire you get per pound of 20gauge wire (.8mm wire diameter)

Bright aluminum - alloy 5356 - 1 pound = 1,091 feet (400% lighter than Sterling Silver)
Titanium - alloy TI-AL6-V4 - 1 pound = 503 feet
Stainless steel - alloy 304 - 1 pound = 369 feet (35% lighter than Sterling Silver)
Jeweler's Brass - alloy C226 - 1 pound = 340 feet
Copper - Alloy C110 1 pound = 340 feet
Gold Fill - 14k 1/20 over strong brass - 1 pound = 336 feet
Niobium - pure elemental metal - 1 pound = 336 feet (22% lighter than Sterling Silver)
Nickel Silver - Alloy of copper, nickel & zinc - 1 pound = 332 feet
Bronze - alloy of Tin & Copper - 1 pound = 328 feet

And lastly Sterling Silver - 1 pound = 272 feet.

OVER 50 feet less per pound than the next heaviest metal. So when someone tries to sell you Sterling Silver wire or components that aren't appropriately more heavy than wire or components made of another metal - question them on their product, if they can't or won't give you an honest answer, find your products from another source, a reliable one that isn't purchasing mystery product imported from China.