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So we've now had a whole 24 hours to get used to the new $.41 postal rate. And we're more confused about how much it will take to drop something in the mail than we were when we tried using a CharlieTicket CharlieCard for the first time. We dropped in to mail the letter that we'd promised to send to Grandpa Bostonist back in March – marched up to the fare vending machines stamp vending machines armed with a pocket full of $6 in quarters and a couple singles intent on purchasing our first "Forever" stamps at the newly released rate. Nothing. Everything but the $.02 stamps were flashing "Sold Out" in that loveably outdated digital font in the machines. The line for the main counter snaked out the door, so we hopped into the line at the "Post Office Store" intent on buying a book of stamps. After a contractor bought a shipping box, a nice woman purchased a few stamps and an oversized padded envelope and joked for far too long with the postal worker considering the length of the line, and a guy purchased sixty $.02 stamps (with pennies!) We snagged a book of Liberty Bell forever stamps (congrats Phillyist on the iconic triumph). We plunked down the $8.20 knowing that we can mail up to six sheets of nicely folded paper in a #10 envelope anytime, anywhere. more ›