New Postage Rates

Time to stock up on Forever Stamps--the ones with the liberty bell on them that hold their value even when postage rates change.

The price of postage is going up yet again--but still it's a bargain when you really consider this:

I take a piece of paper (a postcard) and I put a sticker on it. The sticker costs me 27 cents (or 28 cents after the hike). For that 27 cents, the postal service will pick that piece of paper up and transport it thousands of miles to its destination.

What else can I get for 27 cents? Half a load of laundry. 1/8 of a gallon of gas (or about half a trip to school). 1/3 of a soda. 1/2 of a newspaper. You get it. It's still cheap.

I hope this extra money helps and keeps them from thinking we don't need mail on Tuesday.

Other changes taking effect May 11:

• The postcard stamp increases 1-cent to 28 cents.

• The first ounce of a large envelope increases 5 cents to 88 cents.

• The first ounce of a parcel increases 5 cents to $1.22.

• New international postcard and letter prices are, for one ounce, 75 cents to Canada; 79 cents to Mexico; and 98 cents elsewhere.

Read the Article Here



IN OTHER NEWS: I have a stack of about 20 postcards I've gotten in the past week that I'm going to scan and post. I can't keep up with the volume of mail I receive anymore, so I'm going to start posting them every Sunday. Can you stand the wait? Keep sending those cards, I get them, and I love them.