Post Office Prices Increase

The cost to mail one ounce letter and postcards has increased starting today.

Prices at the post office are higher than ever.  Beginning today, the cost to mail a one ounce letter has increased to 46 cents a stamp. That’s up from 45 cents in 2012. Mailing a postcard also costs one penny more at 33 cents. The same increase was imposed in 2012. New Domestic pricing for Priority Mail Flat Rate products are as follows: What do you think about the post office price increases? Tell us in the comments section. 

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Post Office Prices to Increase in 2013

It will cost more to mail postcards and one ounce letters come Jan. 27, 2013.

Post Office Prices to Increase in 2013

It will cost more to mail postcards and one ounce letters come Jan. 27, 2013.

Get ready to pay more at the post office next year. The cost to mail a one ounce letter will increase to 46 cents a stamp on Jan. 27. That’s up from 45 cents in 2012. Mailing a postcard will also cost one penny more at 33 cents. The same increase was imposed in 2012. New Domestic pricing for Priority Mail Flat Rate products are as follows: If you want to save a few bucks mailing one ounce letters, stock up on Forever stamps now. They can be used anytime in the future regardless of price increases at the post office.

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Lake Bluff Postmaster Will Retire at End of Month

John Pullan will close 39-year postal career on July 31.

If there were a postage stamp dedicated to the postmaster with the longest term of service in northern Illinois, Lake Bluff’s John Pullan would be the face to paste. After 39 years of postal service, Pullan has accepted an incentive program offered to encourage early retirement, and will step down from Lake Bluff on July 31. Pullan said he would not be alone. Postmasters from Highwood, Grayslake, North Chicago, Antioch, Zion and Mundelein also are taking the early retirement option. “It fit early on and I kept doing it,” Pullan said of joining the Postal Service as a management trainee following his 1973 college graduation. “I didn’t think the Post Office would be the career I would retire on.” When Pullan began his career, the postmaster …

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