Beginning this week, a letter sent by first-class mail in the U.S. will cost 8¢, a one-third increase over the previous rate, and more than double the old 3¢ standard familiar to more than a generation of Americans. Air mail will go from 10¢ to 11¢, and the rate for what was once the penny postcard will rise from 5¢ to 6¢. The higher costs are meant to restore some measure of solvency to the U.S. Post Office, which in July will complete its conversion from a Cabinet department to a Government corporation.
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