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First US global forever stamp, and Inverted Jenny SS
The first US global forever stamp will be introduced on January 28, without
any first-day ceremony. It shows a digital illustration of the world. It will be used to mail an 1-ounce international (or domestic) letter to any country of the world. The new international letter rate eliminated the lower postage rate that exists for decades for letters mailed to Canada and Mexico and represents a new increase of the postal rates in the US. For all those who cannot afford an original Inverted Jenny , the USPS will issue a souvenir sheet of 6 stamps, to be sold for $2 only. The banner will read: Stamp Collecting. Source: Linn's Stamps News online, Feb. 4. -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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First US global forever stamp, and Inverted Jenny SS
The new international letter rate eliminated the lower postage rate that
exists for decades for letters mailed to Canada and Mexico and represents a new increase of the postal rates in the US. Yep ... ANYTHING to drive away the individual user. They've got it ow so that nearly anything -=domestic=- other than a simple sheet and a check in a lightweight envelope draws a 'surcharge'! Never saw a 'business' so eager to drive away its 'small' customers. |
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Sir F.A. Rien wrote in
: The new international letter rate eliminated the lower postage rate that exists for decades for letters mailed to Canada and Mexico and represents a new increase of the postal rates in the US. Yep ... ANYTHING to drive away the individual user. They've got it ow so that nearly anything -=domestic=- other than a simple sheet and a check in a lightweight envelope draws a 'surcharge'! Never saw a 'business' so eager to drive away its 'small' customers. That's hardly so. I can get four sheets in an envelope and still not exceed the first-class rate. Mail is still a bargain. 60 years ago stamps cost 5 cents and coffee cost 5 cents. Today stamps are 45 cents and coffee is above $1. Bill |
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On 1/26/2013 17:32, Bill Sharpe wrote:
Sir F.A. Rien wrote in : The new international letter rate eliminated the lower postage rate that exists for decades for letters mailed to Canada and Mexico and represents a new increase of the postal rates in the US. Yep ... ANYTHING to drive away the individual user. They've got it ow so that nearly anything -=domestic=- other than a simple sheet and a check in a lightweight envelope draws a 'surcharge'! Never saw a 'business' so eager to drive away its 'small' customers. That's hardly so. I can get four sheets in an envelope and still not exceed the first-class rate. Indeed - I just sent out 60 invitations including heavy card stock for the invitation itself and the response card, the response envelope, and an additional sheet with information on it - all for the 45 cent stamp. We could have included more if we wanted/needed and still not have exceeded the weight limit. -Don |
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Indeed - I just sent out 60 invitations including heavy card stock for
the invitation itself and the response card, the response envelope, and an additional sheet with information on it - all for the 45 cent stamp. We could have included more if we wanted/needed and still not have exceeded the weight limit. -Don Then your postie wasn't following the 'bendable' rules! "Heavy Card Stock" shoud have a 'non-machinable' surcharge, per our PO. THREE sheets here just make it though the 'thickness' slot, four get surcharged! |
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On 1/27/2013 10:57, Sir F.A. Rien wrote:
Indeed - I just sent out 60 invitations including heavy card stock for the invitation itself and the response card, the response envelope, and an additional sheet with information on it - all for the 45 cent stamp. We could have included more if we wanted/needed and still not have exceeded the weight limit. -Don Then your postie wasn't following the 'bendable' rules! "Heavy Card Stock" shoud have a 'non-machinable' surcharge, per our PO. THREE sheets here just make it though the 'thickness' slot, four get surcharged! For whatever reason, these envelopes were easily machinable. Never had a problem with this sort of thing, at multiple post offices. -Don |
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"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
... Mail is still a bargain. 60 years ago stamps cost 5 cents and coffee cost 5 cents. Today stamps are 45 cents and coffee is above $1. Bill Bill, Could you please send me by e-mail a cup of coffee? Many TIA. -- Victor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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First US global forever stamp, and Inverted Jenny SS
For whatever reason, these envelopes were easily machinable. Never had
a problem with this sort of thing, at multiple post offices. -Don Guess it's a difference between what each iof us calls "Heavy Card Stock" G! |
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First US global forever stamp, and Inverted Jenny SS
Mail is still a bargain. 60 years ago stamps cost 5 cents and coffee
cost 5 cents. Today stamps are 45 cents and coffee is above $1. Bill But then we had 'regular coffee', today it's latte, espresso and other stared big bucks. Menawhile that 5˘ paid for anything that was under an ounce - not so today! Effectively, to mail an eBay lot of ONE stamp with a good stiffener, it costs 86˘! If you want to comply with eBay 'rules' for a tracking, 1st Class is no longer allowed to have delivery confirmation, so you have to move up to "first Class Parcel with confirmation at $2.97. I can still get a cuppa fo LESS than that! |
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Sir F.A. Rien wrote in : Mail is still a bargain. 60 years ago stamps cost 5 cents and coffee cost 5 cents. Today stamps are 45 cents and coffee is above $1. Bill But then we had 'regular coffee', today it's latte, espresso and other stared big bucks. Regular coffee at Denny's is $1.95. With an AARP discount I can get a cup for $1. A grande (medium-size) cup of regular coffee at our local Starbucks is $1.80. Menawhile that 5˘ paid for anything that was under an ounce - not so today! Effectively, to mail an eBay lot of ONE stamp with a good stiffener, it costs 86˘! Why you need a stiffener for one stamp is beyond me. If your envelope is under an ounce, the extra nonmachinable cost is still only 20 cents, making your total 66 cents. If you want to comply with eBay 'rules' for a tracking, 1st Class is no longer allowed to have delivery confirmation, so you have to move up to "first Class Parcel with confirmation at $2.97. I don't use eBay so I don't need to track stamps. I can still get a cuppa for LESS than that! No argument there, although I doubt you can get an espresso or latte for that price. A few years ago I stopped using the APS stamps selling service because of the high cost of forwarding the packages on to others. For awhile the next person on my list was about four blocks away and I avoided the charge by carrying the package to him personally. |
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