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

Sun Nov 6 11:16:36 EST 2011

Two forever (now 88 cents but will be worth 90) and 15 cents in "non-forever stamps.   Stock up on 10 and 5 cent self stick stamps

On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Alfred J Cammarata <alitalian39 at juno.com> wrote:

> 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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