April 17, 2011: USPS Rate Hikes

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What Postage Rates Will Increase?

Effective April 17, 2011, the postage rate for single-piece, 1-ounce First-Class letters will remain at 44 cents. However, postage for each additional ounce will increase from 17 to 20 cents.

•The price for mailing a postcard will increase one cent to 29 cents.

•First-Class postage for letters mailed to Canada or Mexico will increase to 80 cents for either country. That's a 5 cent increase for letters to Canada and a one penny increase for letters to Mexico.

•First-Class postage for letters to all other foreign countries will remain at 98 cents.

•Rates for Express Mail and Priority Mail will not change.




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sportscardtheory

Thanks for the info.

brendanb438

Yet the USPS will still bleed away money like there is no tomorrow. Time to shutdown a bunch of locations and deliver mail only 5 days a week. I would even be ok with 4 days a week myself.

WinPitcher

It bleeds away money because it has higher overhead than what it charges for products.

The Postal Service does not rely on Federal funds, in fact, depending on who you believe
they receive nothing or 70 million (which is a drop in the federal bucket.)