A U.S. federal court has ruled that last year’s higher-than-normal increase in first class stamp rates cannot be made permanent since the emergency financial situation the postal service presented to justify them are no longer considered to be extraordinary.
A recent court decision will actually make sending a letter cheaper.
A federal court of appeals has ruled that the three-cent emergency rate increase the U.S. Postal Service instituted on its first-class stamps in January of 2014 will have to be rolled back.
The price of a stamp rose to 49 cents. That bump included a standard inflation rate plus an added 4.3 percent to help ease recession-related financial difficulties.
When the Postal Regulatory Commission approved the chan
