Community Reporter, Feb 26, 1971: Get Ready For Eight-Cent Postage

Get Ready For Eight-Cent Postage

Community Reporter, February 26, 1971 http://tinyurl.com/yhla4ny

Editorial - GET READY FOR EIGHT-CENT POSTAGE - Postage Rate increases now planned for May 13, will bring into use a number of special, new postage stamps of various denominations, but the one which will first proclaim to the public that letters are going to cost more will be the Missouri Commemorative stamp, marking the 150th anniversary of that State as a member of the Union.

There will be, in all, a dozen new types of postage stamps, three kinds of stamped envelopes and three postal cards.

Additional new stamps and cards and a new aerogramme will be needed by July 1st for the new international rates which go into effect at that time.

The Missouri commemorative will carry a portion of the mural gracing the wall of the Harry S. Truman library at Independence, Missouri, and will be the first stamp to bear the designation showing the new 8-cent first-class mail rate.

It will go on sale on May 8, at Independence, Missouri, according to Post Office Department announcement, and will be available at other Post Offices throughout the country the day after, May 9.

The day is chosen because May 8 will be President Truman's 87th birthday. The theme is from the painting, "The Winning of the West," by a noted Missouri artist, Thomas Hart Benton, who will be 82 years old himself on April 15.

Community Reporter, February 26, 1971.

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Community Reporter, Feb 26, 1971: Get Ready For Eight-Cent Postage

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20071227 AP: Rare 1918 Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” 24-cent stamp sold

AP: Rare 1918 Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” 24-cent stamp sold

The stamp collector in me could not help but notice an Associated Press article by an auction house that reports that it has sold a rare 24-cent inverted JN-4 Curtiss Jenny stamp for $825,000…

Auction House Says New York Executive Purchases Rare 24-Cent 'Inverted Jenny' Stamp for $825,000

Thursday, December 27, 2007

AP File: A rare 24-cent stamp from 1918 depicting an upside-down airplane, the Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny," is shown.

DALLAS — A collector from New York has purchased a rare 24-cent stamp depicting an upside-down airplane for $825,000, according to an online auction house.

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The 1918 stamp depicts a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny," a World War I training aircraft that became an airmail plane. About 700 of the stamps were misprinted, but inspectors caught all of but 100 before they were sold.

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Read the entire article here: 20071227 AP: Rare 1918 Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” 24-cent stamp sold

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20070514 Remember New Postage Rates go into effect May 14th 2007

Remember New Postage Rates go into effect May 14^th 2007

New Prices Effective May 14^th, 2007

May 14^th, 2007 – Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl

Last Chance To Send A Letter For 39 Cents

CBS: (Washington, May 12th, 2007) Last Chance To Send A Letter For 39 Cents - 2 Cent Postage Rate Hike Takes Effect Monday

(CBS) It will cost a bit more to mail letters and parcels starting Monday. A first-class letter will go up 2 cents to 41 cents.

But there is also some good news — folks will be able to buy "forever" stamps that remain valid regardless of any future increase.

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Also expected to be attractive to many people is the forever stamp.

The first forever stamps are selling for 41 cents apiece, but they won't have a price printed on them and they will remain valid for sending a letter regardless of any future increases.

While a forever stamp will always be valid for mailing a latter, that doesn't mean the price won't go up. If rates were to increase to 45 cents, for example, that's what a forever stamp would sell for. But stamps already purchased at a lower cost could still be used without adding extra postage.

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Read the entire article here: Last Chance To Send A Letter For 39 Cents

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Pasted below is information about the new postage rates from USPS:

New Prices Effective May 14^th, 2007

Shaping a More Efficient Future

The Board of Governors set Monday, May 14, as the effective date for new rates and fees for all classes of mail except Periodicals, which is delayed until July 15.

The new prices reflect changes in operations and the marketplace and will offer more choices and ensure that all types of mail cover their costs.

The new price structure will create a more efficient mail system so that the overall cost of using the mail is as low as possible. We include incentives to create mailpieces compatible with our processing systems and to deposit flats and parcels closer to where they are delivered. We want to reduce the costs associated with the handling of undeliverable-as-addressed mail by making it easier and less costly for mailers to get updated addresses.

And, shape matters. It’s important to us because the cost of handling each mail shape – letters, large envelopes (”flats”), and packages (“parcels”) – varies widely. Shape is also important to you because it affects how you position your message or your product.

Domestic Rates and Fees, May 14, 2007, (PDF) (HTML), Downloadable files, Notice 123, Ratefold

Domestic Mail Manual – New Mailing Standards Effective May 14, 2007, (PDF) (HTML), Quick Service Guides, (PDF) (HTML)

Postage Statements

New International Rates, Fees, and Country Listing, (PDF) (HTML)

Federal Register Notice for the New Standards for Domestic Mailing Services, (PDF) (TXT)

Federal Register Notice for the International Product and Price Changes, (PDF) (TXT)

New Standards for Periodicals Mailing Services Federal Register Proposed Rule
(PDF) (TXT)

March 19, 2007 Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service (PDF) (TXT)

USPS News Release

MailPro (March/April 2007)

MailPro (January/February 2007)

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