The 8 cent cent stamp covered the cost for a first class stamp beginning on 16 May 1971. The rate was valid until March of 1974. At that point the postcard rate became 8 cents.
The cost for a first class stamp was 8 cents beginning on 16 May 1971. The rate was valid until March of 1974. At that point the postcard rate became 8 cents.
The first 8 cent stamp was issued in 1890 as part of the regular issue. They have been available since then for use in regular postage.
Eight cents would have been the valid postage rate starting May 16, 1971. It was in effect until March 2 1974.
The first US one cent stamp came out in 1851. That was Scott Number US 5.
1890
71-1974
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What year was a 2 cent US stamp with Frank Lloyd Wright's face on it issued?
The US issued the first postage stamps in 1847.
The first US cent issued by the United States Mint was the Large Cent in 1793.
Coil stamps are typically found in a roll of 100. They were sometimes issued in rolls of 500.
Scott #1908 was first issued in 1981.
1962 was the year the US first sold special Christmas stamps.
There were 12 stamps issued that year for the first class rate of three cents.
On March 3, 1863, the US issued its first postage stamps, they were 3 cents, for a one half ounce letter.
The 'Robert Frost', 10 cent stamp, Scott Catalog #1526, came out March 26, 1974.(Scott Specialized Catalog of US Stamp 2011, page 138), with over 145 million stamps issued (page 530).It was first issued at Derry, N.H. for a total of 500,425 "First Day Covers" (page 397).
The domestic rate went to 37 cents on June 30, 2002. 37-cent stamps weremade available by June 7 of that year. Some of them were printed before the amount of the rate-change was set and are denominated only as "first class"
The first U.S. one cent coin (or Penny) was issued in 1793.