Postage Hike Details From 19.5 To 24.5 Cents First Ounce
The notice notes a price rise from 19.5 cents to 24.5 cents for the first ounce. It outlines the new rates and implications for mail service.
Delaware County Daily Times in Chester, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1990
Page
9
Weight rate change from 2.4 to 72.24 vs 278 to 93
A reader notes a proposed price adjustment describing how a weight based rate would fall from 278 to 93 while another figure rises from 2.4 to 72.24. No context on product or service provided.
Price range changes in weight based discounts introduced
The offer explains a shift from 7.75 to 89.05 to 8.75 to 103.30 depending on weight. It notes a 9.75 percent paternal factor in all volumes and that volume discounts would be offered for the first time.
Local Egg and Material Rates From County Publisher
The regular rate outside the hore county ranges from 12.4 cents per egg to 16 cents per piece. It would shift to 7 to 36.9 cents per pound plus 6.9 to 20.1 cents per piece. Non profit groups pay lower rates, as do materials circulated within the same county where published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hore
Postal rate changes for third class and bulk discounts
The note outlines third class rates rising from 25 cents to 1.50 to 30 cents to 1.77. Bulk rates shift from 16.2–16.7 cents to 14.4–22 cents. Nonprofit basic rates move from about 7.9 cents to a range of 7.2–12.5 cents.
Parcel post and printed matter rate increases proposed
The notice outlines proposed higher parcel post charges from $1.43 to $526.41 raising to about $1.57 and similar shifts for printed matter with rates moving from 67 cents to 80 cents per first pound and added weight adjustments from 2 cents to 24 cents in multiple bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parcel Post
Ae Printed Matter
Nickel hike for stamps raises first class rate to 30 cents
The U S Postal Service governors voted to raise rates with a nickel bump for first class letters to 30 cents and additional increases for cards, Express Mail and publications. Overall rates rise about 19 percent, with an estimated yearly cost per person of 10 to 11 dollars, as the post office faces a potential record deficit.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
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Anthony M. Frank
U.S
Express
Robert Setrakian
Board of Governors
Frank
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