Tubular pin tumbler lock - Design. 1  The design of a tubular lock is similar to the pin tumbler lock, in that there are several stacks of pins. The key is a cylinder shape with notches cut around the outer or (rarely) inner edge. Each of these notches depresses a single pin inside the lock to a specific height allowing the lock cylinder to turn freely.
With more than 31,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail.
As of June 2014, the United States Postal Service states that the cost to send a standard sized postcard is 34 cents. At this rate, the postcard can be 6 inches long, 4 1/4 inches high and 0.16 inches thick. The USPS also includes that a large postcard is 49 cents to mail. The maximum size for this postcard is 11 1/2 inches long, 6 1/8 inches high and 1/4 inch thick. This is the same rate to mail a First Class 1 ounce letter domestically.The rates for postage increased as of January 2014.