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Cost of a postage stamp was dependent on the face value of the stamp. The most common rate stamp is for First Class Mail. In the United States 1977 that was 13 cents for the first ounce.

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In 1978 the cost of first class postage was 13 cents at the beginning of the year. It went up to 15 cents per ounce on May 29th of that year.

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The price of a First Class Stamp in 1990 was 25 cents. It was good for one ounce of First Class Postage. It went up from 22 cents in April of 1988.

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The cost was 6 cents in 1970. That covers the first ounce of weight. A postcard cost 5 cents then.

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That price would have been 6 cents. A post card was only 4 cents.

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13 cents in the USA.

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6 (six) cents

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6 cents

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