February 26, 2009
Postal Service Seeks Increase in Stamp Rates
The U.S. Postal Service has called for postage increases on nonprofit and other types of mail to take effect on May 11.
Under a 2007 law, nonprofit postage rates can increase annually by an average of no more than the rate of inflation, which was 3.8 percent last year.
However, certain types of charity mail would increase by more than the rate of inflation and others by less under the proposed changes. In the case of nonprofit "standard" mail, as it is known, for example,
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