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candismom
True Blue Farmgirl

560 Posts

Elizabeth

560 Posts

Posted - Apr 25 2007 :  08:47:15 AM  Show Profile
I talked to the PO this morning and the new rates will go in effect May 14. They are
A letter 41
PM Flat Rate Envelope 4.60
Flat Rate Box 9.15

Just thought I would let everyone know.
Hugs,
Elizabeth

www.athomewithelizabeth.blogspot.com

My shop www.theclothesline.etsy.com
I sell Crabapple Hill Studio and other Patterns. Pluse lots of other handmade items.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl

6948 Posts

Tina
sunshine state FL
USA
6948 Posts

Posted - Apr 25 2007 :  09:57:31 AM  Show Profile
uggh! I hate when they do that.
I guess I need to use up all of my 39 cent stamps now.
:0)


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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl

899 Posts

Jan
Tomahawk WI
USA
899 Posts

Posted - Apr 26 2007 :  10:47:19 AM  Show Profile
Thanks for the info...postage and gas, they're killing me!
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mom2knk
True Blue Farmgirl

321 Posts

Blanche
So Cal
321 Posts

Posted - Apr 26 2007 :  10:52:06 AM  Show Profile
I didn't realize rates were going up........where have I been! LOL Thanks for the info!!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator

3579 Posts

Anne E.
Elsinore Utah
USA
3579 Posts

Posted - Apr 28 2007 :  09:06:01 AM  Show Profile
I went to the Post Office yesterday and bought some new stamps - they have this new one with the Liberty Bell on it that's a "forever" stamp - that means that you can buy it now for .41, and if you find it in a drawer two years from now, you can still use it and it will be valid for whatever the single first class stamp rate is then - that's what my trusty postmaster said!!!

XOXO, Libbie

"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes
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Reepicheep
True Blue Farmgirl

78 Posts



78 Posts

Posted - Apr 29 2007 :  05:31:24 AM  Show Profile
Libbie - That's exactly right! My oldest collects postage stamps so I try to keep up a bit with what's going on. The "forever stamp" that's out now will not have a rate printed on it so it will be valid postage literally forever, regardless of future rate increases. When the rates go up again in the future, the forever stamp will still be printed, but it will have the new rate printed on it each time and be sold for that amount.

My oldest is actually very excited about the rate increase because a Star Wars set is coming out as a result on May 25th. LOL

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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator

3579 Posts

Anne E.
Elsinore Utah
USA
3579 Posts

Posted - Apr 29 2007 :  06:57:29 AM  Show Profile
I'm thinking that it would be a good deal to "stock up" on the forever stamps, then - I think I'll get quite a few of them, since I don't imagine that postal rates will ever go *down*!

XOXO, Libbie

"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl

950 Posts

Elizabeth
Novi MI
USA
950 Posts

Posted - Apr 29 2007 :  07:03:40 AM  Show Profile
They need to make that forever stamp in different designs too because I love all the different things they come up with.

Have you see the new "Settlement of Jamestown" stamp? It's triangular... http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&categoryId=18401&productId=29353&langId=-1

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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl

2195 Posts

Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts

Posted - Apr 29 2007 :  8:38:49 PM  Show Profile
Thanks for the info! I heard the postal rates were going up but wasn't sure of the date. I learn something new everyday at the farm! MaryJane's FarmGirl's are always on top of it! Hugs, Maryjane Lee

"A House Is A Home Where Love Dwells"
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