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2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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   Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.

3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   The 5-cent stamp paid for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles, the 10-cent stamp for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles, or, twice the weight deliverable for the 5-cent stamp. Each stamp was hand engraved in what is believed to be steel, and laid out in sheets of 200 stamps.

4. American Letter Mail Company - Wikipedia

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   Spooner dropped his rates even lower, delivering many letters for free. This competition dropped prices dramatically with postage of 6 1/4 cents per each half-ounce and stamps 20 for a dollar. Deliveries were made twice daily between New York City and Philadelphia. The US Government tried to lower prices by threatening railroads to withdraw ...

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

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   The cost of a stamp or to ship a package or parcel continues to ... when the price of mailing a half-ounce letter fell to 2 cents. ... The Postal Service seeks to raise stamp prices by a nickel to ...

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

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   Along with new first-class mail prices, the Postal Service is looking to adjust its costs for certified ... Postcard stamp: 40 cents to 44 cents. One-ounce letter (international): $1.30 to $1.40 ...

7. Is the price of a 'forever' stamp going up in 2021? - AOL

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   The forever stamp rate has been at 55 cents since Jan. 27, 2019. The price will hold steady even as other postage rates increase by up to 1.8% in late January 2021. "The Postal Service has some of ...