James Silverton wrote:
> Hello, All!
>
> It is probably OT for this group but I had to look at the new
> postal rates this morning since I had some heavier letters to
> send. The US Post Office seems to have done a wonderful job of
> complicating things with no simple formula applicable over a
> large range. Have a careful look at letter post rates if you
> have to go from 3 oz to 4 oz.
>
> Fortunately, most things I mail to Europe and Canada are under 2
> oz but the 1 oz increments are really erratic!
>
> A rationale for the new rates is that they will increase
> efficiency but it seems to me that they will increase business
> at the actual post offices!
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

For anything other than a standard letter I use the USPS web site and do the
click & ship mail option to print postage (shipping labels) on my printer.
Of course, you have to know the size of the package and the weight, but it
saves a trip to to the post office.

Jill