If the price of a stamp hits 50 cents and media outlets give it scant coverage, did it happen at all? Is it a sign of how much people aren’t mailing things? Or is it related to the fact that stamps don’t have prices on them anymore?
The price increase, effective Jan. 21, was announced in October. There are scattered stories from smaller TV stations and newspapers; WBBM, perhaps the most prominent place I can find it, rolled it into a story about all price increases in 2018. (Did you know Chicago has an amusement tax?)
I learned about it when I stopped by the Traer post office — “We have the new LOVE stamps.” “Well, I think it would be a little weird to put those on my bills.” — and the price came out evenly.