Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service announced it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. Speak out, Dunedin: How will this affect you?
Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable,” the U.S. Postal Service Wednesday morning announced it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. The plan to change delivery from six days a week to five would only affect first-class mail. Packages, mail-order medicines, priority and express mail would still be delivered on Saturdays, and local post offices will remain open for business Saturdays. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the reasons are continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers. The U.S. Postal Service is also the only federal agency required to pre-fund health benefits for retirees, and those costs are …
Saturday, February 2, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service is now charging a penny more for regular letters.
Dunedin residents hoping a drop a few letters into the mail this morning might want to check their stamps. The cost of sending out a letter just went up by a penny. The U.S. Postal Service raised the rate to mail a 1-ounce letter from 45 cents to 46 cents yesterday, Jan. 27. The good news, however, is anyone who uses a “Forever" stamp won’t have to scramble to get extra postage. Going forward, the new 46-cent Forever stamps will continue to cover postage costs — no matter what price increases come down from Washington, D.C. “Forever stamps are always good for mailing a one-ounce letter anytime in the future regardless of price changes,” a postal service media release said. The Postal Service is also introducing a new Global Forever stamp, …
Monday, January 14, 2013
The price of postage to send a letter is increasing to 46 cents on Jan. 27.
Headed to a Dunedin Post Office for stamps this month? You might want to bring some extra money. The price of a stamp to send a letter is increasing by 1 cent on Jan. 27. “The new 46-cent Forever stamps will allow customers to mail letters to any location in the United States,” according to a news release from the United States Postal Service. “Forever stamps are always good for mailing a one-ounce letter anytime in the future regardless of price changes.” The Postal Service is also introducing a new Global Forever stamp, which will allow you to mail letters anywhere in the world for $1.10. Here is a breakdown of the new single-piece First-Class mailing prices: Let Dunedin Patch save you time. Get great local stories delivered right to …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The cost to mail letters and packages through the Postal Service increases a penny Sunday (Jan. 22).
The price for first-class forever stamps goes up a penny Sunday (Jan. 22). The convenient and money saving part of the forever stamps is the option to stock up on stamps this week. It’s the first forever stamp price increase since May 2009. Other mail services will also cost more. • Letters (1 oz.) – 1-cent increase to 45 cents • Postcards – 3-cent increase to 32 cents • Priority-Rate Small box — $5.35 (current $5.20 at the Post Office) • Priority-Rate Medium box — $11.35 (current $10.95 at the Post Office) • Priority-Rate Large box — $15.45 (current $14.95 at the Post Office) • Large APO/FPO/DPO box — $13.45 (current $12.95 at the Post Office) • Regular envelope — $5.15 (current $4.95 at the Post Office) • Legal-size and Padded …
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-Ed Harris-
6:15 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
If only we got less junk mail we wouldn't need so many postmen! more ›