postage on square envelopes

elishabelle

I know that postage on square envelopes is more...I saw $0.64 for square greeting cards. My invites only weight one ounce, so is $0.64 correct?

JanoBean75

I've heard MANY stories of invitations and square cards being sent back to the bride for insufficient postage. Take a complete set to the Post Office and get them weighed.

justbeachy20

Ditto what pp have said--go to a post office just to make sure. For what its worth, my square RSVP envelopes cost 64 cents--I was told square envelopes cost an extra 20 cents to mail just because of their shape.

cougarette

I agree - take a complete one to the post office.  I didn't have square invitations, but I did tie a ribbon around them. I was going to just get the 0.61 cake stamps, but the woman told me it'd cost more because of the bump where I tied the ribbon.

I'm glad I double checked because all of them would have come back with a huge ugly "extra .03 required" stamped on the envelope - which doesn't come off.

creese72

Definitely take it to the post office to check.  I'm going through lots of headaches right now because I took my 7" square invitation to the post office and was told 81 cents (it weighs more than an ounce).  Now that we've stamped them all a different post office says that it's $1.05 because if it's over 6 1/8 inches it's considered a "large envelope."

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i can explain why- its not the weight.
square envelopes don't fi tin the sorting machines.
so they have to be hand sorted, which costs labour- which costs money

dldelano

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[QUOTE]Definitely take it to the post office to check.  I'm going through lots of headaches right now because I took my 7" square invitation to the post office and was told 81 cents (it weighs more than an ounce).  Now that we've stamped them all a different post office says that it's $1.05 because if it's over 6 1/8 inches it's considered a "large envelope."
Posted by creese72[/QUOTE]

Cathy what did you end up doing? The exact same thing happened to me and now that I've already ordered $0.91 custom stamps (to cover the first quote of $0.81) I now have to somehow figure out how I'm going to account for the additional $0.14 I still need on the envelope. Grrr.

creese72

dldelano - I ended up putting $1.05 on them because I didn't want to risk it.  The added frustration was that I had already put $0.88 on all envelopes (2 love stamps) before we got the higher quote, and I had to go back and buy $0.17 ram stamps.  Had I known ahead of time, I would have bought the wedding cake & wedding ring stamps which add up to $1.05.  Grrr is right!

Britton&Jim

Yes, 64 cents is correct for a square envelope weighing 1 oz or less.  44 cents, plus the 20 cent nonmachinable surcharge for a square letter.  If you will be mailing your invitations after May 17, 2010, there is a new monarch butterfly stamp being released that day that has a 64 cent value.  Since the 20 cent nonmachinable surcharge also applies to large rectangular cards, the postal service is advertising it as the one-stamp the solution for mailing large greeting cards.  But it is worth 64 cents and can be used on any first-class mailpiece that requires postage of 64 cents.  Here's the news release, and a picture: http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_118.htm#monarch

For anyone wondering, the postal service's website will tell you how much postage everything requires.  That way, you can can have an idea of how much postage is going to cost you before you even order your invitations, saving frustration when you mail them (and allowing you to budget in postage when you choose your invitations).  Here's the link to the guide: http://www.usps.com/prices/first-class-mail-prices.htm