Stamp rush: Prices rise two cents beginning Monday IRON MOUNTAIN – Today is the last day to purchase Forever Stamps at 42 cents. Beginning on Monday, the cost of a first-class stamp will be 44 cents. The U.S. Postal Service announced in February that the price of a first-class stamp …

Post Office highlights the importance of garden cover in contents insurance policies. (PRWeb May 9, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Home/Insurance/prweb2399244.htm More: continued here

LONDON, May 9 (UPI) — England’s Royal Mail plans to phase out thousands of bicycles and replace them with delivery vans, officials said. More: continued here

Letter: Post office takes the long routeEnterprise-Record, CAThe US Postal Service is wondering why it is losing customers. Here is an example of the reasons: I had to send a bill payment to an address down in the Los Angeles area. I paid the extra fee for delivery confirmation. So I …

WCBD First-Class postage to jump to 44 centsUnited Press InternationalSome purchased as many as 4000 stamps at the West Seattle Post Office, said supervisor Sam Batemen. "Depending on how many stamps you buy, what is your rate of return going to be?" Bateman said. "You are saving 40 cents on …

Beating Monday’s postage rate increase, Nancy Palmer purchased a book of 42-cent Forever stamps Friday at the post office at the Mall at Steamtown. More: continued here

Postal workers are holding a number of rallies across the UK to express their opposition to the government’s plans to part privatise Royal Mail More: continued here

South Georgia stamps out hungerWALB-TV, GAResidents left bags and boxes of non-perishable food by their mailboxes for the 17th annual Stamp out Hunger food drive. Postal carriers collected that food and will distribute it to local food banks.An estimated 35 million Americans are living in … More: continued here

WASHINGTON (AP) – Get ready to shell out a couple more pennies to mail a letter. Starting Monday, the cost of a stamp goes up to 44 cents. Those who bought Forever stamps before Monday’s increase will pay the lower rate. More: continued here

Gulf Coast Newspapers Post Office Stamps Out HungerWTRF, WVMail carriers from the Wheeling Post Office intend to not only deliver the mail as usual Saturday, but take something with them as well. Postal Customers are urged to place a food donation at their mail box before their mail arrives on Saturday. …