Editing Mail (section)

==== First-Class ====

'''First-Class Mail''' in the U.S. includes postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), and small packages, providing each piece weighs {{convert|13|oz}} or less. Delivery is given priority over second-class ([[newspaper]]s and [[magazine]]s), third class (bulk advertisements), and fourth-class mail (books and media packages). First-Class Mail prices are based on both the shape and weight of the item being mailed. Pieces over 13 ounces can be sent as Priority Mail.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usps.com/ship/first-class.htm |title=First-Class Mail |publisher=USPS |access-date=2009-01-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015214036/https://www.usps.com/ship/first-class.htm |archive-date=2011-10-15 }}</ref> As of 2011 42% of First-Class Mail arrived the next day, 27% in two days, and 31% in three. The USPS expected that changes to the service in 2012 would cause about 51% to arrive in two days and most of the rest in three.<ref name="cbs20111205">{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/postal-service-cuts-mean-slower-mail-in-2012/ | title=Postal service cuts mean slower mail in 2012 | work=CBS News | date=2011-12-05 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=8 July 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008095219/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57336477/postal-service-cuts-mean-slower-mail-in-2012/ | archive-date=8 October 2013 }}</ref> 
The Canada Post counterpart is Lettermail.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGletterml-e.asp|title=Lettermail|publisher=Canada Post|access-date=2018-04-22|archive-date=2018-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033929/https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGletterml-e.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

The British Royal Mail's 1st Class, as it is styled, is simply a priority option over 2nd Class, at a slightly higher cost. Royal Mail aims (but does not guarantee) to deliver all 1st Class letters the day after posting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmail.com/personal/sending-mail|title=Sending Mail|publisher=Royal Mail|access-date=2018-04-22|archive-date=2018-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033735/https://www.royalmail.com/personal/sending-mail|url-status=live}}</ref>

In Austria priority delivery mail is called Prio, in Switzerland A-Post.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.post.ch/en/sending-letters/domestic-letters |title=Comparison of services |publisher=Swiss Post |access-date=2022-05-31 |archive-date=2022-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529115803/https://www.post.ch/en/sending-letters/domestic-letters |url-status=live }}</ref>