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You better make sure you have some 2-cent stamps on hand, because stamp prices are rising from 42 cents to 44 cents tomorrow. One Manhattan resident wasn't too upset about the price hike, telling the Daily News, "If I had to buy 1,000 stamps, it would be a big deal. The biggest inconvenience is having to get the new stamps." Of course, the Forever stamp is helpful that way, since its price doesn't change—more details about new stamp prices here. And the USPS have been looking at a number of cost-cutting measures—from eliminating 24-hour teller service at the James Farley Post Office (the stamp machines and PO Boxes are will available 24-7) to consolidating mail operations. Most recently, local lawmakers were infuriated with the USPS's idea to move Queens mail processing to Brooklyn, which would mean an end to a Queens postmark. Mail from Queens would be sent to Brooklyn for processing...and then back to Queens, which worries residents, lawmakers and postal worker unions about lost time in transit.

The Postmaster General asked a Congressional Panel to "end the requirement that the post office deliver mail six days a week," according to NY1. The U.S.P.S. had a $2.8 billion deficit last year, due to rising costs and more people using e-mail instead of snail mail and believes that things won't get better as the economy is still hurting. The NY1 adds, "If the post office was to cut its delivery days, it would not necessarily cancel Saturday delivery. Previous studies have looked at the possibility of skipping some other day, such as Tuesday." This month, the price of Priority and Express Mail shipping went up and postage rate pricing will be announced next month. Image: The Year of the Ox stamp.

With Barack Obama finally clinching the Democratic nomination for president, we’re now off to the racists. Last week a Staten Island woman noticed that a 5 dollar bill in her wallet was stamped with the above message: “LETS [sic] KEEP THE WHITE HOUSE WH!TE!” The slogan was positioned next to the Lincoln memorial on the back of the bill, according to the Staten Island Advance.

The U.S. Postal Service has increased first class stamp rates one penny to 42 cents and printed over one million extra one-cent stamps for people who didn't buy the Forever stamps. For those of you thinking, "Another stamp increase? Again?" the last increase was in May of last year.