First class US postage in 1962 was 4 cents. Here's a great website showing postage prices in different years.
Regular, one ounce first class letters cost 18 cents to mail in the US for most of the year. Sometime around October the rate jumped to 20 cents.
Well if it's not christmas and if the stamp has christmas decorations it would be a little akward, but if you want to, go for it! Answer You can use them anytime. If you have a "forever" stamp, the value is always good. If it is an older stamp, make sure that it has the right value for the present time. In 2012, you need 45 cents to mail a letter under 13 ounces.
There was never a 12 cent stamp for regular postage. It went from 10 cents to 13 cents on 12/31/1975. There was however a postage card stamp for 12 cents in 1981.
the cost of a stamp in the year 1996 was 32 cents
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was first published on December 19, 1843.A Christmas Carol was published in 1843.
In March of 2009 the first class stamp was 42 cents. It went to 44 cents in May of that year.
1889
While it was printed for a new postage rate, Canada issued the first stamp referred to as a Christmas Stamp. It was the map issue of 1898 and said XMAS 1898 on the stamp and was issued on Christmas Day.
The postage rate in 2000 was 33 cents
Not sure what you may have, as the US did not issue a Christmas Stamp in the year 2000.
This stamp came out on March 15 (his birthday) in 1967.