Cost of US first-class letter to drop to 47¢...

[kacyds]

A rare drop in postal prices will become effective Sunday, April 10, the United States Postal Service announced Feb. 25.

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[khj]

Now if I could only get my weight to do the same... (also rare)

[kacyds]

Last week, I purchased two rolls of 100 stamps. Now they tell me this.....

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The new US price will be only about half the new UK first class rate from end March. I am green with envy.

[khj]

It's hard to believe, but the US has one of the cheapest postal systems. Of course, having things arrive, in the expected time, in one piece, to the right address, with nice cancels on the stamps... those are separate issues.

[troutdude]

there's so much discount postage out there right now its a crime to spend money at the post office

td

[kacyds]

Remember, last Sunday the price to mail a letter went done 2 cents to .47 cents.

[khj]

...unless you bought 2 rolls of forever stamps back in February!

[kacyds]

Surprisingly they are all gone, was noticing this morning that I need to buy some stamps. I only have one booklet of stamps left and thats the Peanuts Christmas stamps....

[khj]

I tried to get the Peanuts pane for my wife, but our post offices never got them in.

[kacyds]

I would offer you the one I have, but there are three stamps missing from it..... sorry!

[khj]

No problem. I like to buy large lots, and a pane or two will eventually show up in one of them. Thanks, kacyds!

[Philatian]

Wow I did not know it was down to 47 cents. I've been putting 49 cents using older commemoratives on all my outgoing mail...

Thanks so much for that information! 3920004554

[katie333]

I realize this is an old thread but this was the first I'd heard of it! Granted I'm in Canada so I'm not mailing anything out of the USA. Our postal workers are threatening a strike and your rates go down, so jealous! It's a $1.20 to the USA now, geesh.

[khj]

Don't worry katie333, we're not gloating. Our rate to send a letter to Canada is US$1.15.

Glad to see you posting on Stamp Bears again. Please drop by more often!

[katie333]

May 27, 2016 19:23:29 GMT -5 khj said:

Don't worry katie333 , we're not gloating. Our rate to send a letter to Canada is US$1.15.

Glad to see you posting on Stamp Bears again. Please drop by more often!

OK, that makes me feel a bit better.  Sadly our rate internally is 85c or $1 (!!) if you don't buy a full book of 10 stamps.  

Glad to be back, I realized I didn't bookmark the link to the page and kinda forgot about it     ... I've been working on my collections this week and I'm right back into the stamping.