1 The Republic (ca. 380 BC) by Plato-one of the earliest conceptions of a utopia. 2  Sacred History (4th century BC) by Euhemerus-Describes the rational island paradise of Panchaea. 3  Tao Hua Yuan (The Peach Blossom Spring) (421 AD) by Tao Yuanming. 4  Utopia (1516) by Thomas More.
On Sunday, Jan. 26, the cost to mail a first-class single-piece letter jumped from 46 cents to 49 cents. The U.S. Post Office's 3-cent increase is the largest hike for consumer postage in more than a decade. The cost of mailing a postcard will also go up to 34 cents, a 1-cent increase.
Once the USPS reaches that ceiling, it is required to roll back the 4.3% surcharge it had tacked on to first-class mail and commercial postage rates. That means that the cost of a stamp to mail a standard letter will decrease from 49 cents to 47 cents this Sunday. The price of sending a postcard will also drop by a penny, to 34 cents, while international mail will go down by a nickel, to $1.15 per letter instead of the current $1.20. While the price cut will be a boon for many consumers, itâs bad news for collectors and investors in so-called âForever stamps,â the generic stamps valued at whatever the current postage rate is no matter when they were purchased.