The price of a 1st class stamp went up from 42¢ to 44¢ and a postcard from 27¢ to 28¢ effective 5/9/09. I personally didn’t realize it until Monday and wish I had a larger stash of the “Forever” stamps on hand.
Just out of curiosity, I searched on the internet to see what the postage rate for 1st class letters and postcards was 10 years ago and found that a 1 oz. letter in 1999 cost 33¢ and a postcard cost 20¢. I wonder how much online bill pay systems factor into the need for the Postal Service raising the rates? I would speculate that the large number of us that pay our bills online and the ease of email versus postal delivery have to factor into less demand for the Post Office.
It will be interesting to watch if the Postal Service decides to only deliver 5 days weekly rather than 6 as they are currently considering. These times they are a-changing! | 
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