The post office announced yesterday that new postal rates will go into effect May 11, 2009. Since most invitations require a 2-oz postage stamp, the price will go up from 59-cents to 61-cents. This also means that the one ounce stamp for response envelopes will rise from 42-cents to 44-cents. If you are using a response postcard, the postage stamp will increase to 28-cents.
If your response cards are due back around or shortly after May 11th, I suggest either purchasing a Forever Stamp which does not require additional postage, or purchasing custom 44-cent stamps. You may also want to consider purchasing custom stamps for your outer envelopes and postcards. In previous years, the post office did not offer the "new wedding stamps" until after it exhausted its inventory of the old postage rate. This often meant that you had to add one or two cent stamps to meet the new postage requirements.
I will gladly provide the design for the custom stamps at no charge if you are ordering your invitations through Salutations. I only ask that you provide me with one stamp for my samples!
For more information regarding the upcoming postage changes, please check out http://www.upsp.com/.
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