Mike’s Blog: What’s Not To Like?

Coinciding with yet another one penny postage rate increase, the US Postal Service today has issued a Frank Sinatra commemorative 42 cent stamp.  I’m glad to see Ol’ Blue Eyes perched on my outgoing bills, but why can’t the USPS simply raise the cost of a First Class letter by a nickle and leave us alone for five years?  They can call it “5-for5″ since they seem to getting more marketing savvy these days.

Now I have an envelope (how appropriate) full of various denominations of stamps and “make-up” stamps from which to try and assemble 42 cents for postage. Is this their way to make up budget deficits, by counting on me/us to over pay for postage because we don’t have exactly 42 cents in stamps? It changes so often - being honest here - I feel uneasy about not knowing the cost to mail a letter.  Let’s just call it 45 cents and no changes until 2013, ok?

 Meantime, here is the most excellent Frank stamp:

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