Stamp Act

Postal services around the world have struggled to adapt since the the arrival of e-mail, often because they are tangled up in politics. Congress recently prevented the US Postal Service, which loses $25m a day, from closing some branches and ending Saturday delivery. In real terms, America’s postage price has fallen since 2001. Its postal service is the cheapest of the countries for which we have figures, charging just $0.45 to send a regular sized letter within the country.