9x12 postage

[Rockmadman2007]

Hey, guys! OK, i'm a little freaked out. Just bought some 9x12 envelopes (store ran out of 8x10s ). What should the postage i use be? Would $1.21 be alright for just an SASE and a poster?

[torianyyxf]

I use 9X12 envelopes all the time. Is the poster really big (meaning do you have to fold it)? $1.21 will be fine as long as the envelope/poster/letter/sase together weighs 2-3 ounces. $1.31 is how much postage you need to put on the envelope if it weighs 3-4 ounces.

[Rockmadman2007]

Cool. I think it will be fine with $1.21. The poster i have is really light, soo...thats good. Thanks for your help!

[dgangel]

78 cents should be plenty..

[Rockmadman2007]

Really? Cool. Better than $1.21! Haha...

[torianyyxf]

78 cents should be plenty..

78 cents is not enough. If you look at the usps postage chart (http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/ratesand ... #wp1008795), a 9X12 is considered a "flat" envelope and needs at least 80 cents of postage on it. If your 9X12 envelope has another envelope, poster and a letter in it, if will definitely be over an ounce and need at least 97 cents.

[Rockmadman2007]

Uhh....ok, so three 41 cent stamps should be enough?

[BABii_ANG3L]

usually, i just put leftovers of 2 39 cent stamps and a 2 cent stamp and they're find with it. Now, I put 2 41 cent stamps lols I know.. I am so cheap!

[dgangel]

I have been using two 39 cent stamps, and that works just fine.

[torianyyxf]

I have been using two 39 cent stamps, and that works just fine.

Two weeks after the postage increase I had an envelope returned to me for insufficient postage by not following the new postage rules (I only put on two first class stamps like you but I had needed 97 cents because it was between one and two ounces), so I use the chart on the usps website so it does not happen again. Maybe it depends on how strict your post office is.