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Show New Postal Mutes Become Effective Sunday, hn. 7 th'.rd class mail. Unhealed greeting cards may be sent at tliis ratu, Polly stated. There will bo no changes in the charges for special delivery, de-livery, special handling, registered regis-tered mail, certified mail, cash on delivery, or insurance, I Postmaster Petty said. "We have an ample supply of one-cent stamps on hand," he said, "for those people who have five-cent stamps and j need one-cent stamps to rria'-o up the postage required under t ie new rate..;." Higher rates also will go l into effect January 7 for all j categories of second-class mail, buik-rate third-clays mail, controlled con-trolled circulation mail, and the educational materials category of fourth-class mail. Information regarding the new changes may be obtained by contacting the Cedar City Po t Office, Postmaster Petty indicated. Increased rates for all classes of mail e.;eept parcel post and international mail will go into effect January 7, Postmaster Frank Petty reminded re-minded postal customers this week. New rates to be established are six cents for first class mail and 10 cents for air mail. Post cards will be five cents and for air mail post cards, eight cents. He said the added cent in the letter rate is a 20 pe. cent increase compared to i 24 per cent boost in the rate, for mailing newspapers anc. magazines and a 34 per con hike for advertising circularr "occupant" mail, and othe. material in the third-clan category. The new rate of six cent per ounce for first-class mai applies up to 13 ounces anc the new rate of 10 cents pc; ounce for air mail applies ur to seven ounces. Under the new rate structure, all first class mail over 13 ounces anr" all air mail over coven ounce will be merged into a singl category. These heavier pieces of first-class first-class and air mail subject to the single rate schedule will be delivered by the fastest available means of transportation. transpor-tation. A flat rate of 80 cents will be charged for all mail in this category up to one pound. For all mail weighing more than one pound, the present air parcel post rates will continue con-tinue to apply, except that the postage on matter weighing between one and five pounds will change at half-pound Intervals, In-tervals, rather than one pound intervals. Another rate change that w'll affect the general public is the increase from four to ; s'x cents for the first two ounces of individual pieces ofj |