Well, this came out of nowhere (I do pay attention to these things!):
The postcard stamp rate for domestic postcards in the USA will increase from 34 cents to 35 cents on May 31, 2015.
Thank you,
Letter Writers Alliance, for alerting me to this surprise change! Read all about it on the
LWA blog. Essentially only metered mail (and eww, ick, who uses that for fun mail?) and postcard stamps will increase in price. I searched for new 35-cent postcard stamps but haven't found any yet, so I sense this change went through pretty quickly. Well, add on some 1-cent stamps to those USA postcards, and cross your fingers that the new postcard stamp design will be as awesome as the current
hummingbirds.
UPDATE: thanks so much to
FinnBadger for alerting me to some more information about the new stamps:
New US stamps planned for new rates. Very interesting concept: postcard stamps will now be "Forever" at the postcard rate, as will additional ounce stamps. I am still undecided as to how I feel about this. Thoughts, anyone?
