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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Stamp Prices Increase: What You Need to Know for Your Next Trip to the Post Office

First-class postal rates are going up for the second time in two years.

  While the volume of first-class mail has dropped sharply, from an all-time high of 213 billion pieces in 2006 to only 168 billion in 2011, according to New York Times story, the United States Post Service (USPS) is struggling, showing a loss of $36 million per day. The most prominent way for the USPS to recover revenue is to raise postage and mailing rates. Since 1885, when the price for the first ounce of a first-class letter was $0.02, rates have increased 24 times and will jump to $0.46 as of Sunday, January 27, 2013. According to a press release from the USPS, the price of a Forever Stamp - which allows a customer to send a one-ounce letter anywhere in the United States - will go up one penny to $0.46. Each additional ounce of a …

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Blue Mailboxes Disappearing Nationally but Remaining in Kensington

Nationally, the number of blue collection mailboxes on corners and in neighborhoods is shrinking. But the Town of Kensington is holding on to all its boxes.

The big blue mail boxes found on corners are disappearing nationwide, but the collection boxes remain a prominent fixture in the Kensington community. In 2008 there were 250,000 blue collection boxes nationwide, according to Sharon Tennison, spokesperson for the Maryland suburbs of the United States Postal Service. In 2010, that number decreased to 169,865. Even neighboring areas like Georgetown are experiencing this decrease. But mailboxes in Kensington are not disappearing. In fact, no mailboxes have been removed since 2007. “There has not been any blue collection boxes removed permanently for the past three years [in Kensington],” Tennison said. “Like other areas there have been blue boxes removed temporarily for repair and then …

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The Case of the Disappearing Mailboxes (in Georgetown Patch) and United States Postal Service

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