All Brandelopes™ are Flats except the Mini. It is a regular letter envelope. First-Class Mail cannot exceed 13 ounces. First-Class Mail weighing more than 13 ounces is Priority Mail.
First-Class Postage to mail a Flat
Ounces |
Price |
Ounces |
Postage |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
$1.48 |
9 |
$2.48 |
|
5 |
$1.68 |
10 |
$2.68 |
|
6 |
$1.88 |
11 |
$2.88 |
|
7 |
$2.08 |
12 |
$3.08 |
|
8 |
$2.28 |
13 |
$3.28 |
The following is copied and pasted from http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/301.htm.
Brandelope has added or deleted words to simplify for the envelope size and typical use. The vast majority of Brandelope users mail First Class, not high volume (thousands and thousands) Automation Flat postage.
1.0 Physical Standards for Flats
Flat-size mail must have the following characteristics:
a. Be more than 11-1/2 inches long or more than 6-1/8 inches high or more than 1/4 inch thick.
b. Be not more than 15 inches long or more than 12 inches high or more than 3/4 inch thick
c. Be rectangular with four square corners
The length of a flat-size mail piece is the longest dimension. The height is the dimension perpendicular to the length..
Flat-size pieces must be flexible. At the customer's option, customers may perform the following test on their own mail pieces. When a postal employee observes a customer demonstrating that a flat-size piece is flexible according to these standards, the employee should not perform the test. Test flats as follows:
a. All flats:
1. Place the piece with the length parallel to the edge of a flat surface and extend the piece halfway off the surface.
2. Press down on the piece at a point 1 inch from the outer edge, in the center of the piece's length, exerting steady pressure.
3. The piece is not flexible if it cannot bend at least 1 inch vertically without being damaged.
4. The piece is flexible if it can bend at least 1 inch vertically without being damaged and it does not contain a rigid insert. No further testing is necessary.
5. Test the piece according to 1.3b. or 1.3c. below if it can bend at least 1 inch vertically without being damaged and it contains a rigid insert.
b. Flats 10 inches or longer that pass the test in 1.3a and contain a rigid insert (see Exhibit 1.3b):
1. Place the piece with the length perpendicular to the edge of a flat surface and extend the piece 5 inches off the surface.
2. Press down on the piece at a point 1 inch from the outer edge, in the center of the piece's width, exerting steady pressure.
3. Turn the piece around and repeat steps 1 and 2. The piece is flexible if both ends can bend at least 2 inches vertically without being damaged.
c. Flats less than 10 inches long that pass the test in 1.3a and contain a rigid insert ( see Exhibit 1.3c):
1. Place the piece with the length perpendicular to the edge of a flat surface and extend the piece one-half of its length off the surface.
2. Press down on the piece at a point 1 inch from the outer edge, in the center of the piece's width, exerting steady pressure.
3. Turn the piece around and repeat steps 1 and 2. The piece is flexible if both ends can bend at least 1 inch vertically without being damaged.
Flat-size mail pieces must be uniformly thick so that any bumps, protrusions, or other irregularities do not cause more than 1/4-inch variance in thickness. When determining thickness, exclude the outside edges (1 inch from each edge) when the contents do not extend into those edges. Mailers must secure nonpaper contents to prevent shifting of more than 2 inches within the mail piece if shifting would cause the piece to be nonuniformly thick or result in the contents bursting out of the mail piece.
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