Part of story in today's Fort Worth TX newspaper--Tom, WW5L
no mention of airmail rates in story, but increwasdes it seems lag
behind lag behind the first call announcement.
The U.S. Postal Service's plan to raise postage rates in January could
encourage more people to abandon "snail mail" for the Internet, the head
of a postal watchdog group said Friday.
Effective Jan. 8, most postal rates and fees will increase an average of
5.4 percent, the postal service announced Monday. The price of
first-class stamps will increase from 37 cents to 39 cents. Postage for
postcards will increase a penny to 24 cents. It is the first postal rate
increase since 2002.
The service said the increase is needed to comply with a congressional
mandate to establish an escrow account. The increase will generate $3.1
billion for that account.
The volume of mail handled by the postal service has declined in recent
years.
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