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From: Larry Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] New Twist in US Postal Rate Increase
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 08:33:33 -0500
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This may have been covered in the recent thread about the increase in US
postal rates that took effect earlier this week, but if it was it got buried
in the subsequent debate on LoTW. Apparently there is a new twist in the
rate structure that will bump up the cost of mailing if a letter exceeds a
Another QSL-related issue is buro mailings.
I typically do buro QSLs once a year. If I have enough to send on my
own (usually DL, I, and JA), I'll send a 1 lb. package to each of those
buros (the rest going to ARRL Outgoing Service for $8/lb.) In the past,
that cost $4/lb via surface parcel
