First-Class Postage Rate Will Rise To 49 Cents Next Month
You’ll soon need some 3-cent stamps to go with those 46-cent ones.
Regulators on Tuesday authorized the increase, and beginning Jan. 26, it’ll cost 49 cents to send a first-class letter. Bulk rate mail, periodicals and package service rates will go up 6 percent, The Associated Press says.
Regulators rejected a request to make the price hike permanent and say instead that it will last no longer than two years, by which time the U.S. Postal Service should have recouped $2.8 billion in losses.
The AP says:
“The independent Postal Regulatory Commission said the change was justified by severe mail volume decreases since 2008.”
9(MDEyMDcxNjYwMDEzNzc2MTQzNDNiY2I3ZA004))
You care.
You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado. We can help you keep up. The Lookout is a free, daily email newsletter with news and happenings from all over Colorado. Sign up here and we will see you in the morning!
