first-class mail

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Noun

first-class mail - mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection

1st class, 1st-class mail, first class

mail - the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

correspondence - communication by the exchange of letters

Translations

first-class mail

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The minuscule increases - the price of a first-class stamp is rising a penny to 50 cents next year - haven't been able to offset steep declines in first-class mail volume as communications continue to shift online.

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But the cutbacks have threatened the agency's business mainstay, first-class mail, which is in a dismaying state of decline.

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By 2020, USPS projects mail volume will decline to levels not seen since the 1980s: Total mail volume is projected to decrease by 25 percent, First-Class Mail is expected to decrease by 50 percent, and Standard Mail volume is projected to remain flat.

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Meanwhile, the on-time delivery of First-Class Mail continued at record levels in the second quarter.

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A survey shows that 95.7% of first-class mail in the HD postcode area was delivered the next working day during the 12 months to March this year.

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It's now 32p for first-class mail and 23p for second-class.

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PRESIDENT BUSH HAS BEEN roundly criticized, and rightly so, for his claim to the right to open American's first-class mail without a judge's warrant.