[Dx-qsl] Postal Service says stamp prices are going up on January 1

[Alfred J Cammarata]

Steve, foreign air mail also goes up to $1.05....get your calculator and
tell us how to  get around this one  73 al w3awu



On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 08:40:29 -0500 "Steven WheatleyKU9C" <ku9c at ku9c.com>
writes:
> Note that you can use 'forever' stamps for DX mailing.  For 
> example...2 'forever' stamps plus $0.10 have worked for quite a 
> while yet....so if you buy the forever at 44 cents, the value is w 
> hatever the first class stamp is, and then add the appropriate 
> 'non-forever' stamp
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> From: "Robert G. Schaffrath" <robert at schaffrath.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:19 AM
> To: Eric Rosenberg <wd3q at starpower.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Postal Service says stamp prices are going up 
> on January 1 
> 
> I just wish they also offered "Forever" stamps for Canadian/Mexican 
> and 
> international mailings. I have family in Canada and have been 
> sending 
> mail to them a few times a year since the rate was $.48 for a 
> first-class letter to Canada.
> 
> "Forever" stamps do worry me somewhat. I realize they are called 
> "Forever" but that is only due to a rule. I see nothing that would 
> prohibit the Postal Service from saying at some future point that 
> "Forever" stamps will no longer be issued and their worth will be 
> fixed 
> at a certain value meaning you will have to add postage to them for 
> any 
> future price increases (as we do not with stamps that have a value 
> on 
> them). Years ago I purchased about $80 of them just before the first 
> 
> price increase beyond their initial release value. Pundits were 
> saying 
> give them to your grandchildren, or in my case future grand-nieces 
> and 
> grand-nephews, as they will still be able to use them to send a 
> letter. 
> Of course that assumes they even know what a letter is at that time 
> and 
> that the Postal Service is still in the business it is in now.
> 
> Robert de N2JTX
> 
> On 10/19/2011 9:09 AM, Eric Rosenberg wrote:
> > Time to buy those "Forever" (and other) stamps!
> >
> > From the Washington Post: and Washingtonpost.com
> >
> > Eric W3DQ
> >
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > Postal Service says stamp prices are going up
> >
> > By Ed O'Keefe, Published: October 18
> >
> > Nothing lasts forever.
> >
> > Stamp prices will climb 1 cent starting in January, the U.S. 
> Postal
> > Service said Tuesday.
> >
> > The cost of a first-class stamp - also known as a forever stamp - 
> will
> > rise to 45 cents on Jan. 22, the first price increase in more than 
> 2-1/2
> > years, the USPS said. The cost of sending magazines, standard mail 
> and
> > some package services also will rise, but prices for Express Mail 
> and
> > Priority Mail will stay the same.
> >
> > The 1-cent increase is expected to generate an additional $888 
> million
> > in revenue, postal officials said Tuesday.
> >
> > The jump "is small and is needed to help address our current 
> financial
> > crisis," Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said in a 
> statement,
> > adding that although the USPS continues to "aggressively cut 
> costs," it
> > needs Congress to pass postal reform legislation that he said 
> would make
> > it easier to save money.
> >
> > Starting Jan. 22, the USPS said rates will be:
> >
> > - First-class letters (1 ounce): 1-cent increase to 45 cents.
> >
> > - Letters weighing additional ounces: unchanged at 20 cents.
> >
> > - Postcards: 3-cent increase to 32 cents.
> >
> > - Letters to Canada and Mexico (1 ounce): 5-cent increase to 85 
> cents.
> >
> > - Letters to other international destinations: 7-cent increase to 
> $1.05.
> >
> > The Postal Service says it has lost about $10 billion in the 
> fiscal year
> > that ended last month. It is pushing Congress to enact a series of
> > reforms that would permit it to end Saturday mail deliveries, 
> close post
> > offices and mail processing facilities, and raise postage rates 
> beyond
> > the rate of inflation.
> >
> > The price increases announced Tuesday, and formally filed with the
> > Postal Regulatory Commission, are capped by law at 2.1 percent, 
> the rate
> > of inflation based on the consumer price index.
> >
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