Modified Postage Rates Effective July 1, 2001 Stamp Combinations

PLEASE NOTE:The following stamp combinations can be used to equal new modified rates until updated denominated stamps are issued. Some of the stamp items listed for “combination” use may have limited availability nationally, while others may have limited availability regionally.

If necessary, resort to alternate item or combinations.

Post card rate increases from $0.20 to $0.21

21-cent Bison stamp.

20-cent Ring-Neck Pheasant stamp, or 20-cent George Washington stamp, or 20-cent Virginia Apgar stamp, or 20-cent Harry Truman stamp + 1-cent Kestrel stamp.

First-Class Mail^® additional-ounce rate increases from $0.21 to $0.23 (second ounce)

23-cent Mary Cassatt stamp.

22-cent Uncle Sam stamp + 1-cent Kestrel stamp.

20-cent Ring-Neck Pheasant stamp, or 20-cent George Washington stamp, or 20-cent Virginia Apgar stamp, or 20-cent Harry Truman stamp + 3-cent Eastern Bluebird stamp, or 3-cent Paul Dudley White stamp.

First-Class Mail two-ounce letter rate increases from $0.55 to $0.57

55-cent Art Deco Eagle stamp, or 55-cent Love Letters stamp, or 55-cent Justin Morrill stamp, or 55-cent Alice Hamilton stamp + 2-cent Mary Lyon stamp, or 2-cent Red-Headed Woodpecker stamp, or two 1-cent Kestrel stamps.

52-cent Hubert Humphrey stamp + 5-cent Luis Munoz Marin stamp.

35-cent Dennis Chavez stamp + 22-cent Uncle Sam stamp.

32-cent Milton S. Hershey stamp, or 32-cent Cal Farley stamp + 25-cent Jack London stamp.

First-Class Mail three-ounce letter rate increases from $0.76 to $0.80

77-cent Mary Breckinridge stamp + 3-cent Eastern Bluebird stamp, or 3-cent Paul Dudley White stamp.

76-cent Hattie Caraway stamp + 4-cent Father Flanagan stamp.

75-cent Wendell Wilkie stamp + 5-cent Luis Munoz Marin stamp.

70-cent Nine-Mile Prairie stamp + 10-cent Red Cloud stamp, or 10-cent Joseph W. Stilwell stamp.

60-cent Acadia National Park stamp, or 60-cent Grand Canyon Park stamp, or 60-cent Eddie Rickenbacker Park stamp + 20-cent Ring-Neck Pheasant stamp, or 20-cent George Washington stamp, or 20-cent Virginia Apgar stamp, or 20-cent Harry Truman stamp.

50-cent Jacqueline Cochran stamp + 30-cent Cardinal stamp, or 30-cent Frank Laubach stamp.

46-cent Ruth Benedict stamp + any 34-cent stamp.

Two 40-cent Rio Grande stamps, or two 40-cent Carrie Lee Chennault stamps.

Express Mail 1/2-pound rate increases from $12.25 to $12.45

$12.25 Washington Monument Express Mail stamp + 20-cent George Washington stamp. $11.75 Endeavor Space Shuttle Express Mail stamp + 70-cent Nine-Mile Prairie stamp.

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