The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 3, 1995               TAG: 9412310011
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

SPECIAL DELIVERY

An IRS director's newsletter for August 1993 arrived by mail on Dec. 21, 1994. It took only 16 months to reach me at my place of employment. It probably would have taken longer if it had not been mailed ``first class.''

How in the world does the U.S. Postal Service have the nerve to ask for a rate increase?

DONNA L. TEAL

Portsmouth, Dec. 21, 1994 by CNB