1857 was the last year for US large cents.
Postage for a first class letter in the US was never 7 cents. It jumped from 6 cents to 8 cents on May 16, 1971.
In the US the official First Class rate was raised to 18 cents on March 22, 1981. That covered the first ounce of weight. Any additional ounces , or fractions thereof, were 17 cents.
Wasn't the increase from 2 cents to 3 cents, not to 5 cents? Don't remember which year, but it was either 1944 or 1945.
Yes. Go to this link to see the difference between the large date and small date US cents in 1960 . http://reviews.ebay.com/1960-Small-Date-Lincoln%20Cents_W0QQugidZ10000000003296511
Still 42 cents, but expect it to go up by 1 or 2 cents in May.
The first time postage went up was November 3, 1917 during the war. In August 1, 1958 postage went up from 3 cents to 4 cents, on January 7, 1963 from 4 cents to 5 cents, on January 7, 1968 from 5 cents to 6 cents, May 16, 1971 from 6 cents to 8 cents. Postage continued to go up approximately every other year. The last increase was January 27, 2013 from 45 cents to 46 cents.
How much is it to send a post card of letter in the mail. Forgot how much the single stamp runs.
Postage for a standard letter to Canada from the US is now 75 cents. The rate will go to 80 cents in April, 2011.
The rate for a post card in 1994 was 19 cents the entire year. It had been 15 cents until February on 1991. It didn't go up to 20 cents until 1995.
Yes, the rate in 2010 is $1.00 to the US.
100 cents
It takes 98 cents to send a letter to Brazil from the US