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First Class Mail now cost 39 cents |
| 08-JAN-2006 |
The U.S. Postal Service is raising the cost of a first-class mail stamp to 39 cents -- from the current 37-cent price. The new rates are in effect from Jan 8.
Make sure you put 39 Cents stamp on your regualr US first class mail, otherwise your letter will be returned back to you.
The USPS Board of Governors also raised the cost of all other types of postage and services effective Sunday.
Other new postal rates include (with the expiring rates in parentheses): 63 cents for a two-ounce first-class letter (60 cents), 24 cents for a postcard (23 cents), $4.05 for one-pound priority mail and flat-rate envelope ($3.85), $8.10 for priority mail flat-rate box ($7.70), $14.40 for half-pound express mail and flat rate envelope ($13.65) and $18.80 for express mail over a half pound and up to two pounds ($17.85).
The new rates for additional types of postage, as well as additional information, are available at www.usps.com. Stamps also can be ordered through the site. |
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