Postage Prices Rise Again
Postage Will Now Be 41 Cents
You will have to buy 2 cents stamps to add to your 39 cent stamps, but this will be a thing of the past as the USPS is also introducing the first ever " Forever Stamp". This stamp which will sell for 41 cents will always be valid as correct postage for a one ounce package. The price of the forever stamp will increase as postage increases, but will always be usable no matter what the postage raises, too.
This new 'Forever Stamp' could prove to be a price saver as the price of postage has more than doubled in the past thirty years.In 1977 the postage for a one ounce letter was 13 cents that is 28 cent difference from today's postage. The largest increase of postage during this time was in 1991 when the price of stamps went up 4 cents over night.
The Associated Press reported that "Postmaster General John Potter has said that even with the higher prices the agency expects a deficit this year as it struggles to compete in a swiftly changing communications market."
This is in part due to the use of email and electronic bill pay. The most use of the postal service is mailing letters and invitations. Wedding invitations and other mail like it will become cheaper to mail now. The additional charge for heavier letter is dropping from 24 cents per additional ounce to 17 cents per every additional ounce. This drops the price per ounce back to what it was twenty years ago.
The last time postage rates were raises was on January 8, 2006 when postage went from 37 cents per stamp to 39 cents. For more information on the history of postage cost see the following link. (www.akdart.com/postrate.html)
For more information on other postal increases or more information on postage please visit (www.usps.com)
(RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press Writer, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_go_ot/postal_rates, www.akdart.com/postrate.html, www.usps.com )
Published by Chris Marcum
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8 Comments
Post a Commentok so email and electronic bill pay has come into play and for which the usps still decides to increase postage fees..heh..so basically we dont use your service enough so you raise prices...lol..I believe that if you stopped raising prices we would use it more...I mean if no one or better yet thier was a decrease in eating Big Macs would those prices increase?I must be blond and a bimbo because it should be the other way...the more you use it the more it should be. supply and demand...dont gouge me because im not using the service and/or punishing other patrons because other have found a solid more friendly and efficient way to cope with todays society.
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I bought a whole roll of the forever stamps. Great article
Deficit their butts!
I agree with K Ray. Good article
They say it's partially due to email and electronic bill pay, but raising the price will only make me continue to pay all of the bills I can online and send free electronic greetings more than ever. I don't see how raising the price will help. I realize that gas prices are probably to blame too, but people will seek out more ways to avoid using postage.
uhhgg.. before long it will be $1.00 haha
thanks for reminding me about this. I'm forwarding this on to a few of my friends!
Thanks for the reminder. I still have some 2 cent stamps from the last time.