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$0.61 (as of July 2010)
US Postage Rates: The first ounce is 44 cents. Each additional ounce (or fraction of an ounce) costs an additional 17 cents. So anything that weighs more than 1 ounce and up to 2 ounces will be 61 cents.
March 2, 1974 to December 30, 1975, the US postage cost was 10 cents an ounce.
The price of a US First Class Stamp in 1857 was 5 cents. It was good for one ounce of First Class Postage. It went down to 3 cents per 1/2 ounce in 1863.
Postage for an ordinary letter to Germany is 98 cents today in 2010. As of June 2012, the rate is $1.05 for the first ounce (max. length 11-1/2", height 6-1/8" or thickness 1/4"). For more rates - domestic or international - please see http://ircalc.usps.gov).
US postage for first class letter was 3-cents.
One stamp, but it has to be the right value! Depends on where you are sending it from. In the US, one ounce to Australia will cost 98 cents. So you could use one 98 cent stamp or 196 1/2 cent stamps or anything in between.
The price of a First Class Stamp in the US in 1920 was 2 cents. It was good for one ounce of First Class Postage. It went up to 3 cents in 1932.
In 1860 in the US, the cost of mail was 3 cents per 1/2 ounce for up to 3000 miles;for over 3000 miles the price was 10 cent per 1/2 ounce.In 1863, the distance differential was removed and the cost was 3 cent per 1/2 ounce to anywhere in the United States
The rate is $1.82.
First class postage was 3 cents for the first ounce in 1955. A post card cost 2 cents.
The first ounce is 44 cents. The second and any additional ounces would be 17 cents. This comes to 61 cents for a 2 ounce letter.