The First Class Postage stamp was 44 cents on 1 January 2012 and increased to 45 cents on 22 January 2012.
That is the purpose of the Forever Stamps. They always equal the first class cost. It does not matter what you pay for them.
44 cents is the going rate for an ordinary first class stamp.
As of Jan. '09 - in Canada - $0.54, to USA - $0.98, for international - $1.65.
the postage stamp had cost $00.32 in the year 1993
They cost 39 pence.
The standard First Class postage rate beginning on 22 January 2012 was 45 cents.
It varies from year to year for the cost of postage stamps. Right now in 2010, it cost around 44 cents for stamps..
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First ounce for First Class Postage was .29
The cost was 3 cents for the first ounce.
Yes, postage stamps require that you pay for them. That is how the postal service gets its revenue so that it can do business. Postage goes up when the cost to deliver exceeds the cost taken in.
44 cents
Postage stamps are 49 cents and still rising. in 2009 they are 52 cents.
In the US postage stamps are always valid. You do still have to have enough to cover the current postage cost. And Forever stamps are always valid for one ounce of first class mail, regardless of the actual cost.
First class postage was 37 cents for the first ounce in 2005. A post card cost 23 cents.