{"id":4558,"date":"2016-04-09T20:27:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T00:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=4558"},"modified":"2016-04-19T20:24:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:24:28","slug":"price-of-postage-decreases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/04\/09\/price-of-postage-decreases\/","title":{"rendered":"Price Of Postage Decreases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/01\/18\/some-u-s-postal-service-rates-increase\/united-states-postal-service\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/United-States-Postal-Service.png?fit=180%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"United States Postal Service\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/United-States-Postal-Service.png?fit=180%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/United-States-Postal-Service.png?resize=180%2C183\" alt=\"United States Postal Service\" width=\"180\" height=\"183\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3165\" \/><br \/>\nThe price of mailing a letter will fall for the first time in nearly a century Sunday, April 10, 2016. The cost of mailing a first class letter will decrease from 49 cents to 47 cents.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The last time that there was a decrease in the price of postage was in July 1919, when stamp prices dropped from 3 cents to 2 cents. This is only the third price decrease on record going back to the Civil War. Postcard stamps will also have a new price down a penny to 34 cents. The cost of international stamps will be reduced to $1.15, a drop of 5 cents.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2014, the United States Postal Service was granted a \u201ctemporary\u201d rate increase to offset a massive budget shortfall. That \u201ctemporary\u201d increase is now expiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of mailing a letter will fall for the first time in nearly a century Sunday, April 10, 2016. 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