Cost of Stamps Won’t Go Up Before Easter
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
Higher postage rates will not take effect before Easter, Chairman John Griesemer of the board of governors of the Postal Service said today.
The independent Postal Rate Commission recommended on Friday a sweeping series of postage rate changes, including a new 25-cent first-class rate. The hikes are currently being discussed by the agency’s governing board but a decision will not come before April 3, Griesemer said.
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