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Simplified US Postage Finder

I should probably be working on my exhibition for London, but procrastination duties call and I solved a simple problem I’ve had for quite a while. I always am unsure of the postage rates for sending a letter inside the US, as well as outside the US. The stamps I have in my desk seem to always be a few versions back so I always need to tack on the little 2-cent and 3-cent upgrades in a sort of random fashion. When I try to get down to business and figure out the real rates, I go online to the USPS Postage Calculator and stress out with all the options. So I simplified the process a bit with a little hack. My sincere apologies that this is only useful for folks that live in the States.

1/ reduce   Mar 31, '07

3 Responses to “Simplified US Postage Finder”

1. 
   
   maeda  April 1, 2007

   I forgot to mention that I also have an old-fashioned method to resolve the issue of sticking used stamps on your envelopes. JM

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   Luis Masanti  April 1, 2007

   Well, in the begining of the XIX century, express and standard delivery meant quite different thing that now. Also “overnight” had change the “notion of relative speed”.
   If you take the GMail Paper… you’ll have a “as fast as internet’s speed delivery” (for the electronic part) and “as low as snail mail” for the paper… although this last one can be “express” (GMail Paper does not promise anything, I guess)

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   Joe  April 2, 2007

   With the advent of the “forever” first class stamp, the USPS has simplified the issue beyond even these workarounds! Gotta love simplicity, even if it comes with a price tag.

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