UW Tower - update

Mailing Services will be providing mail delivery, pick-up and receiving services to the entire UW Tower complex when departments begin occupying space during 2008. Mailing Services will operate a satellite office in and around the receiving area of UW Tower "Building C" to sort incoming, outgoing, internal mail and receiving. If you need more information about mail service & receiving to the tower complex, feel free to e-mail us at: mailserv@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-8757.

Because the UW Tower complex is considered a part of main campus by the U.S. Postal Service, it has been assigned the 98195 zip code like the UW main campus. The former Safeco Tower street address should not be used for mail, business cards or stationary. All departments moving into the tower complex will need to use a box number for all correspondence or mail will likely be returned to sender as undeliverable.

We are currently planning to provide twice a day mail pick-up and delivery and on demand service for emergency express items or larger than normal materials. For information on how your mail, business cards and stationary should be addressed in UW Tower, please click here

To receive a supply of change of address notification cards click here.

New Postal Prices Coming May 12, 2008

Select prices:
First-Class Mail letter (1 oz.)	42¢
First-Class Mail letter (2 oz.)	59¢
Postcard	27¢
First-Class Mail large envelope (2 oz.)	$1.00
Certified Mail	$2.70
First-Class Mail I

On May 12th the U.S. Postal Service will adjust prices for mailing services - First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services, and Special Services. The average increase by class of mail is at or below the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index. A First-Class Mail stamp will be 42¢. Customers can continue to use the Forever Stamps they purchased for 41¢, even after the price change. The U.S. Postal Service has 5 billion Forever Stamps in stock to meet increased demand before the price change. Forever Stamps are widely available through Post Offices, Contract Postal Units, consignment locations, Automated Postage Centers, vending, and online at www.usps.com.

Pricing highlights:

• No change in the First-Class Mail single-piece additional-ounce price.
• Lower additional-ounce price for presorted First-Class Mail letters.
• Lower pound price for Standard Mail saturation and high-density flats.
• Shape-based pricing for First-Class Mail International letters, flats, and parcels.
• First-Class Mail International price groups expand from five to nine groups.

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Facility - Mailing Services Operation

Mail Processing - Rating section (metering) - Outgoing mail processing for the university

Sorting - Sorting section where thousands of mail pieces are sorted and prepared for daily delivery

Tracking - Mailing Services Advanced Accountable Mail tracking for the university

Delivery Pickup - Our fleet of mail delivery that handles the daily task of ensuring mail is delivered, picked up and processed in our mail operation or delivered directly to the U.S. Postal Services mail processing plant

File Preperation - Mail Preparation Services is where address files are prepared, checked, jobs are scheduled, processed and substantial postage savings are obtained for the university

Video Jet - Mail Preparation Services state of the art Videojet Addressing System in action placing address info on outgoing mail pieces for university departments that greatly reduce postage costs