In general these are fairly common. Minimal value for this stamp indicates that the cost is in packaging and tracking and not the stamp itself. There are going to be specific issues with a bit more value, but you will have to identify the stamp and look it up in the catalog.
The cost of a First Class US postage stamp in 1979 was 15 cents. It was raised from 13 cents in 1975. It stayed at that price until May 1978.
In 1979, up until 3/26/81, the price of a first class postage stamp in the US was 15 cents.
The 1st Class Postage rate was 15 cents in 1979. It was raised from 13 cents in 1975. It was increased to 18 cents in 1981.
The postage rate in 1979 was 15 cents. It was raised from 13 cents in 1978. It went to 18 cents in 1981.
The cost for the first ounce of postage in 1979 was 15 cents. The rate was established 29 May 1978.
The cost of a first class stamp in 1979 was 15 cents. For a postcard it was 10 cents. It stayed at that rate until March of 1981.
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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
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.
The cost was 3 cents for the first ounce.
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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.
Yes, their value will increase when the cost of postage goes up. And you will pay the current cost for stamps at the post office.
Forever stamps have the value of the current First Class Postage Rate. Currently they cost 49 cents. They can be used 'forever' to mail one ounce of US Postage.