Postal service proposes 3-cent rate hike for stamps – USA TODAY

13WHAM-TV Postal service proposes 3-cent rate hike for stampsUSA TODAYFirst-class postage stamps could rise to 49 cents starting in 2014 under a Wednesday proposal by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. The increase would raise about $2 billion in additional revenue a year. Under the plan, first-class mail postage …Postal Service …

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Post Office Wants to Hike Stamp Prices – TIME

Post Office Wants to Hike Stamp PricesTIMEThe U.S. Postal Service proposed a three-cent increase to the price of first-class stamps Wednesday, citing continuing financial woes, the Associated Press reports. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told a Senate committee this month that his agency … More: continued here

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U.S. Postal Service pays futurist to study stamps' fate

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The financially strapped United States Postal Service is paying a futurist more than half a million dollars to assess the future of stamps as the agency struggles to raise revenues. The Postal Service will pay Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, which describes itself as a futurist …

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