2016 postage rates for admail, lettermail and stamps

It’s a new year and that means new rules and rates for admail, lettermail and stamps.

As of January 1,1 2016 these changes come into play and it’s a good idea to bookmark this page for future reference.

Quick glance Lettermail (First Class) rates

	Price per item
	Standard		Other (Non-standard and Oversize)
	Up to 30 g	Over 30 g up to 50 g	Up to 100 g	Over 100 g up to 200 g	Over 200 g up to 300 g	Over 300 g up to 400 g	Over 400 g up to 500 g
Single Stamp(s)	$1.00	$1.20	$1.80	$2.95	$4.10	$4.70	$5.05
Stamps in booklets/coils/panes	$0.85	$1.20	$1.80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Meter or Postal Indicia	$0.80	$1.19	$1.71	$2.77	$4.42	$4.74	$4.74

For a detailed overview of all the 2016 rates and corresponding guide documents, visit the Canada Post information page here.

The biggest change this year is the discontinuation of some familiar language.

Was called                                        Now called

Addressed Admail                      Personalized Mail

Unaddressed Admail                 Neighbourhood Mail

If you are a business or fundraiser, you are probably using Machineable Personalised Mail (once called Admail).

These rates are going up by one penny.  So that 10,000 piece mail campaign is going to cost you $100 more in 2016. You can get the rest of the rate changes at the overview link.

Category	Price per item
Machineable	Standard Up to 50 g			Oversize Up to 500 g
	$0.46			$0.69 + $0.0034 per g over 50g
Special Handling	Standard		Oversize		Dimensional
	Up to 50 g	Over 50 g up to 100 g	Up to 500 g	Over 500 g up to 1.36 kg	Up to 500 g	Over 500 g up to 1.36 kg
	$0.51	$0.56	$0,64 + $0.0034 per g over 50 g	$2.58 + $0.0040 per g over 500 g	$1.48 + $0.0034 per g over 50 g	$2.97 + $0.0040 per g over 500 g
	Price per item
Option
Return to Sender	$0.01

Don’t forget about the trap!

Watch out for the Machineable Personalized Mail rate trap. I’ve blogged about it here. In short, if your mail piece exceeds 50g, or becomes non-machineable for some reason, you should seriously explore the Special Handling rates. They will save a lot of money.  

If your organization uses personalized admail as part of your marketing or fundraising efforts, contact us today and we’ll find you ways to significantly reduce your costs and increase your response rates!