The U.S. Postal Service last week expanded its worldwide International Priority Airmail (IPA) service to include Canada. At the same time, the USPS began phasing out the bulk letter service that U.S. direct mailers have been using to reach Canadians.
The bulk letter service to Canada, which the USPS has been offering to domestic direct mailers for years, ends Sept. 10.
The service change went into effect last Monday (Aug. 9). It does not affect Canada Admail, a service the USPS has been offering to U.S. direct marketers and high-volume mailers for easier access to the Canadian market for several years.
The rate for IPA mail to Canada is 25 cents per piece and $3.40 per pound, or 25 cents each and $2.40 per pound for sacked mail (letters, flats and/or packages that weigh at least 11 pounds) or trayed mail that is delivered to a designated postal facility at certain airports such as Atlanta, Buffalo, NY; New York City; Los Angeles; Miami; Seattle and San Francisco.
Each sack or tray must be labeled to show both the U.S. origin and the Canadian destination. Items that cannot be prepared in trays because of their size or shape must be placed loose in blue airmail sacks destined for either Toronto or Vancouver.
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