If the U.S. Postal Service gets its way, the price of a first-class stamp will go up for the fourth time in a year.

Stamp prices alone have soared 36% since 2019 when they used to cost 50 cents. The Postal Service last raised First-Class stamp prices by two cents in January, just a few months after it raised prices three cents in July 2023. Watch the eclipse with the Black Hills Astronomical Society in Rapid City

The United States Postal Service is seeking to increase the price of stamps this summer, asking that the price for first class stamps jump from 68 cents to 73 cents. The request for the 5 cent first class stamp increase was made to the Postal Regulatory Commission on Tuesday,

The U.S. Postal Service has proposed raising the price of stamps by nearly 8%, aiming for the changes to take place in July. USPS made the recommendation to the Postal Regulatory Commission. It would be the second time this year the post office has raised the price of stamps and the third time since July 2023.

The USPS on Tuesday laid out the slew of price hikes it aims to implement, saying they would amount to roughly 7.8% increases across mailing services.

Here's how much you will have to pay for stamps now after the U.S. Postal Service's latest stamp price increase