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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 29 - January 06, 2001 - ISSN 1528-6703
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New U.S. Postage Rates Effective Today, January 7, 2001 By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com January 06, 2001
New rates can be found at the USPS Web site at http://www.usps.com/news/2001rate.pdf . (This is a PDF file - you must have Acrobat reader on your computer.)
S. DOMESTIC POSTCARDS AND LETTERS - New Rates
S. DOMESTIC PRIORITY MAIL - New Rateshttp://postcalc.usps.gov/Zonecharts/
Delivery confirmation for Priority Mail: 40 cents
Insured Mail: $1.10 for coverage up to $50, $2 for coverage from $50.01 to $100, $1.00 extra for every $100 in coverage thereafter.
Interestingly, the Postal Rate Commission allowed the USPS to keep the additional ounce rate at 22 cents, but the USPS chose to lower it to 21 cents. That means a letter weighing over 1 ounce up to 2 ounces will remain 55 cents, and every ounce after that will be cheaper! For example, a letter up to 3 ounces is 76 cents instead of 77 cents! I have no idea why the USPS decided to do this, but I won't complain.
About the author:
Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com .
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