Most US citizens probably haven’t noticed but there was a fairly insignificant change in the US Postage system. No change in normal rate, but the Feds revamped some of the classes of mail. Here is a paragraph I plagiarized from the Stamps.com website (where I do all my postal business).
On July 28th, 2013, the USPS will implement minor structural changes to their existing services. Postage rates will not be increasing for any existing service. The changes being made include the following:
- Express Mail service will have its name changed to Priority Mail Express service
- Express Mail International service will have its name changed to Priority Mail Express International service
- Shipping labels printed with Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express service will include a printed estimate of the delivery day
The changes screwed up the postage calculations in my on-line e-commerce store, The Hobbyist’s Machine Store. The changes in the names totally killed the pricing look up system.
All is well now, but I did have a customer in Japan that couldn’t place (price shipping) on an order until I fixed the codes.
The USPS supplied boxes will look different once the current supply of the old boxes is depleted. An example is shown.