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(Washington, D.C.) If you’re still mailing your bills and birthday cards, you may need to get some new stamps this weekend.

The price of a first-class stamp is going up $0.03 Sunday to $0.49.

Officials say the price hike will help the U.S. Postal Service recover from a severe decrease in mail, since more and more people are using email and social media.