The postage rate for mailing a regular first-class letter in the United States starting May 11, 2009 is $0.44 for the first ounce and $0.17 for additional ounces up to 3.5 ounces. After that, you must use the rate for large envelopes, called flats, which start at $0.88 and also add $0.17 for additional ounces. Suppose that you only have 44-cent stamps. What should you do? You could affix one stamp for each ounce. However, two first-ounce stamps covers three ounces. The following tables show the costs for up to 13 ounces, the values when only first-ounce stamps are applied and how many ounces are covered by using only these stamps.
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Following are the size requirements on letters. If any of the maximum dimension are exceeded, then the rates for large envelopes (flats) apply.
| Dimension | Minimum (inches) | Maximum (inches) |
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| Length | 5 | 11.5 |
| Width | 3.5 | 6.125 |
| Thickness | 0.007 | 0.25 |
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