text: While service standards differ ( many countries offer two mail deliveries each weekday , for example ) , even at 33 cents , U.S. prices compare favorably with first-class rates overseas--Japan charges 74 cents , Germany 59 cents , France 48 cents , and Great Britain 37 cents .
  
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  Japan has the best prices , more so than Germany , France , Great Britain and the U.S ..