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2. As Another Price Hike Looms, Here's Why the Cost of Stamps ...

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   In 2024 dollars, that's about $1.95 and $8.13, respectively, which is a lot more than the cost of a first-class stamp today. Wikimedia Commons 1815: 16 to 50 Cents

3. US Postal Service hikes stamp prices again. Here’s ... - AOL

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   Postcard stamps increased to 44 cents from 40 cents and the cost to ship international letters increased 10 cents to $1.40, according to its website. Inflation and increased operating expenses are ...

4. Postage stamp prices are about to increase for second time ...

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   After increasing the price of a first-class postage stamp to 68 cents in January, the U.S. Postal Service is planning to increase the cost again in the coming days.. The USPS will bump the cost of ...

5. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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   Since at least the early 1980s, the price of a stamp has closely followed the consumer price index. The large jumps in the early 1900s are because a change by a single penny was significant compared to the cost of the stamp. For example, the price increase from $0.02 to $0.03 on July 6, 1932, was a 50% increase in cost.

6. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

7. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.

8. Stamp prices just went up again. Here’s what the U.S. Postal ...

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   Single-piece letter (extra ounce): 20 cents to 24 cents. Metered mail one-ounce: 53 cents to 57 cents. Postcard stamp: 40 cents to 44 cents. One-ounce letter (international): $1.30 to $1.40. A new ...

9. Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps

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   The postcard rate went to 2 cents on the day of this issue was released so the stamp was very common among the mail for that reason. The engraving of Jefferson was taken from a portrait by Gilbert Stuart which hangs in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine. The 1-cent green stamp was issued January 12, 1968, at Jeffersonville ...