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Re: Airmail vs Economy
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lugnet.market.shipping
Date: 
Mon, 7 May 2001 19:08:01 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Troy Cefaratti writes:
From what I noticed with the new USPS pricing, they seem to be really
pushing the "Global Airmail Letterpost", or what used to be called
"Small-Packets Air".  I've seen numerous times where the cost for airmail
was actually less than surface, sometimes substantially.  This is more
evident with lighter packages than with heavier ones.

Some of the pricing mystery is de-mystified here ...

<http://pe.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub51/pub51.pdf>

Economy Letter Post is calculated at flat rate for anything under 16-oz. It
appears that Airmail Letter Post is cheaper for small packages (up to 5-oz)
because of the rate schedule scheme. Likewise, Economy Parcel Post is flat rate
for anything under 5-pounds.

Ray



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From what I noticed with the new USPS pricing, they seem to be really pushing the "Global Airmail Letterpost", or what used to be called "Small-Packets Air". I've seen numerous times where the cost for airmail was actually less than surface, (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)

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