PENNY POSTAL HIKE THIRTY-THREE-CENT STAMP IS LICKED.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer VALENCIA - It's safe to assume that lines at the post office are much shorter after the holidays, but Joyce Masino found herself in a steady line Saturday, one of many who waited to buy 1-cent stamps before today's penny postage POSTAGE. The money charged by law for carrying letters, packets and documents by mail. By act of congress of March 3, 1851, Minot's Statute at Large, U. S. 587, it is enacted as follows: 2.-Sec. 1. hike. ``To wait in a line like this just to buy stamps? It seems like they would have an express lane just for that,'' said the Valencia resident, about halfway through the 30-person line mingled with stamp seekers and people with packages needing postage. The rate hike, from 33 to 34 cents, applies to the cost of a one-ounce, first-class letter. Many customers waited to buy both the 1-cent stamps to augment aug·ment v. aug·ment·ed, aug·ment·ing, aug·ments v.tr. 1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: the current 33-cent stamps previously purchased and the new 34-cent variety but wondered where that extra penny goes. ``As a whole, a penny's not much, but put those together,'' Masino said. ``Is the increase helping the postal carriers? Most of the time (increases) don't go to the people who are providing the service.'' Clearly anticipating some community complaints, the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. published a leaflet that, in addition to citing the exact monetary increases, identified the penny hike as a necessary step for continuing to provide good service. Saugus resident Cynthia Barrios Barrios is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to: Persons
``I kind of expected it. People need to get the 1-cent stamps to use their old stamps,'' Barrios said. ``I knew I'd have to stand in line, but I need a couple of books of new stamps.'' For information about the rate increase, see the Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval Web site at www.usps.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Customers line up at the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, post office Saturday to buy 1-cent stamps. Today the rate to mail a first-class letter increases from 33 cents to 34 cents. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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