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It's the time of the year again and now it's official. Effective May 14, 2007, the US postage rate will increase once more. That last postage increase was in January 2006 and the one before that was back in 2002.

One interesting thing about 2007 postage increase is the introduction of a "forever" stamp which can be used as first-class postage even when rates rise in the future. In other words, no need to purchase the annoying 2-cent stamps on the next us postage increase. I thought it was very interesting. I will be probably purchasing as many stamps as I can before the next postage rate increase just to avoid paying more in the future.

Hate or not, now the US postage increase is official and you should mark your calendar once more. I think the increase is mainly because of the increase in fuel price. It is known that each penny increase in the price of a gallon of gasoline costs the post office $8 million. But they can't charge a fuel surcharge to its original rates.

Just remember that the new US postage rate will be

41 Cents (first-class mail) effective May 14, 2007

Here is the link for more details about the US postage increase 2007.

New Prices Effective May 14, 2007 - From USPS