Letter Rate 39¢ Package Rate 39¢ Postcard Rate 24¢ Effective 1/8/2006 Great Britain 12/20/2007 Queen Elizabeth Becomes Longest Living British Monarch Queen Elizabeth became the longest living British monarch surpassing Queen Victoria who was 81 years old when she died on 22-Jan-1901. American President George W Bush (1/20/2001-1/20/2009) Argentine President Néstor Kirchner (5/25/2003-12/10/2007) Australian Prime Minister John Howard (3/11/1996-12/3/2007) Austrian President Heinz Fischer (7/8/2004-7/8/2016) Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie (5/3/2002-5/4/2007) Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (7/12/1999-3/20/2008) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1/1/2003-12/31/2010) British Prime Minister Tony Blair (5/2/1997-6/27/2007) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2/6/2006-11/3/2015) German President Horst Köhler (7/1/2004-5/31/2010) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (9/26/2006-9/26/2007)