{"id":38174,"date":"2016-04-10T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T23:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=38174"},"modified":"2016-04-08T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T21:03:34","slug":"u-s-postage-rates-are-decreasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2016\/04\/10\/u-s-postage-rates-are-decreasing\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postage rates are decreasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, for only the second time in history postage rates decreased as of yesterday, April 10, 2016 (for the first time since 1919, when postage rates decreased from 3 cents to 2 cents).<\/p>\n<p><strong>New postage rates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic 1-ounce letter: 47 cents (formerly 49 cents)<\/li>\n<li>Postcard: 34 cents (formerly 35 cents)<\/li>\n<li>International 1-ounce letters and postcards: $1.15 (formerly $1.20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>But what about the stamps I already have?<\/strong><br \/>\nYour \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Forever\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stamps that you purchased for 49 cents each are now worth 47 cents. If you buy a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Forever\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stamp after April 10, the cost to you is 47 cents. Stamps that have a printed denomination on them will still be worth whatever price is marked on the stamp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Priority shipping prices remain the same<\/strong> . . .\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 but First Class packages, Media, Standard Post and Library prices are all decreasing. Be sure to stop at Mail Services and have a trained clerk help you with your shipping needs.<\/p>\n<p>Please email <strong>Linda Sartwell<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:lsartwel@georgefox.edu\">lsartwel@georgefox.edu<\/a> if you have questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, for only the second time in history postage rates decreased as of yesterday, April 10, 2016 (for the first time since 1919, when postage rates decreased from 3 cents to 2 cents). New postage rates Domestic 1-ounce letter: 47 cents (formerly 49 cents) Postcard: 34 cents (formerly 35 cents) International 1-ounce letters and postcards: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newberg-employee","category-newberg-student","category-portland-employee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Postage rates are decreasing - The Daily Bruin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Postage rates are decreasing - The Daily Bruin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes, for only the second time in history postage rates decreased as of yesterday, April 10, 2016 (for the first time since 1919, when postage rates decreased from 3 cents to 2 cents). 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