Show Postal Service To Lift Rates Postal rates in nearly every category of every class of mail will be raised The first class rates will be increased from four cents an ounce to five cents an Airmail will be raised to eight cents an The of several years back will be raised four Postal officials say the new five-cent letter rate will cost the average household per The increase in first class mail is justified because of the greater speed and service Postal officials argue that at four first class mail pays nothing for the preferential treatment it Officials noted that postal rates in other countries are comparable or higher than those in the United |