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I have a pack of old $0.34 stamps and need to mail an envelope this morning, but have no way to get out to buy stamps at the current rate...can I just put two $0.34 stamps on the envelope and have it be valid?  I know I'll be out the extra few cents, but I'm desperate and just don't want the envelope sent back to me!  Thanks!

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So the USPS just released new regulations about how much it costs to mail stuff, and we got bitten by them. My darling husband was sending out resumes, and since he generally has to send writing samples with them, he had been sending them in 8x10 envelopes. It turns out that with the new regulations, sending documents in an 8x10 envelope even if it ( Read more... )

"Since 1971, postal rates have increased more slowly than the actual inflation rate, as measured by the U.S. Consumer Price Index. So, despite the numerous rate hikes over the last 36 years, stamps have actually been getting cheaper. The 20-cent stamp from 1981, for instance, would be equivalent to 45 cents in today's dollars-which makes today's ( Read more... )

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