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2. Dimensional weight - Wikipedia

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   Dimensional weight, also known as volumetric weight, is a pricing technique for commercial freight transport (including courier and postal services ), which uses an estimated weight that is calculated from the length, width and height of a package. The shipping fee is based upon the dimensional weight or the actual weight, whichever is greater.

3. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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   The ship fee, including the ship rate on letters for delivery at the port of entry, were on a per letter basis, rather than weight. The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device.

4. United Parcel Service - Wikipedia

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   United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers ...

5. Sending packages could get faster and cheaper, USPS says ...

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   Packages weighing more than 15.9 ounces will be charged by the pound, and tracking is included, according to the USPS website. While shipping packages is expected to get cheaper, it will soon cost ...

6. S10 (UPU standard) - Wikipedia

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   The UPU S10 standard defines a system for assigning 13-character identifiers to international postal items for the purpose of tracking and tracing them during shipping . With increased liberalization and the possibility of multiple postal services operating in the same country, the use of country codes to designate the postal service is a problem.

7. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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   The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.