Postage Rates
Postage may refer to: *Mail, or post, a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels *Postage stamp, small piece of paper indicating proof of payment for mail * ''Postage'' (album), a 2003 album by Supergroove See also *Postage rate (other) Postage rate is amount charged by a postal service to transport and deliver mail. It may refer to: * List of postal rates in the British Mandate of Palestine * List of Ottoman postal rates in Palestine * History of United States postage rates ...

Mail
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letter (message), letters, and parcel (package), parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive postage stamp, but a postage meter is also used for bulk mailing. Postal authorities often have functions aside from transporting letters. In some countries, a Postal Telegraph and Telephone, postal, telegraph and telephone (PTT) service oversees the postal system, in addition to telephone and telegraph systems. Some countries' postal systems allow for savings accounts and handle applications for passports. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), established in 1874, includes 192 member countries and sets the rules for international mail exchanges as a List of ...
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Postage Stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail—an envelope or other postal cover (e.g., packet, box, mailing cylinder)—which they wish to send. The item is then processed by the postal system, where a postmark or Cancellation (mail), cancellation mark—in modern usage indicating date and point of origin of mailing—is applied to the stamp and its left and right sides to prevent its reuse. Next the item is delivered to its address. Always featuring the name of the issuing nation (with the exception of the Postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom), a denomination of its value, and often an illustration of persons, events, institutions, or natural realities that symbolize the nation's traditions and values, every ...
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Postage (album)
''Postage'' is a greatest hits album by the New Zealand funk rock band Supergroove, released in 2003. In addition to the band's biggest hits, there are a number of songs on the album, predominantly from singles, which had not been previously released on any of the band's earlier albums and EPs. Noticeable inclusions are "Sex Police", "Here Comes the Supergroove", and a new remix by New Zealand hip hop producer P-Money. The album entered the charts at number 10, and was certified gold one week after its release. The compilation was created at the behest of record label BMG, and the band members felt that enough time had passed for them to have gotten over the hard feelings that had led to the departure of Che Ness and the eventual breakup of the band. The album received generally positive reviews upon release. Phil McCarthy of the '' Southland Times'' said that it "sums up the enormous contribution they made to a stagnating Kiwi music scene in the mid-1990s." Kristian South of ...
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