US postage rate increases -- for ordinary first class letters
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June, 1932 up to 3 cents from 2 cents.
July, 1958 up to 4 cents <<< so July 1958 until January 1962.
Jan , 1963 up to 5 cents
July, 1968 up to 6 cents
May, 1971 up to 8 cents
June, 1974 up to 10 cents
June, 1976 up to 13 cents
June, 1978 up to 15 cents
May , 1981 up to 18 cents
Nov , 1981 up to 20 cents
Feb , 1985 up to 22 cents
June, 1988 up to 25 cents
June, 1991 up to 29 cents
Jan , 1995 up to 32 cents
June, 1999 up to 33 cents
Jan , 2001 up to 34 cents
June, 2002 up to 37 cents
Jan , 2006 up to 39 cents
May , 2007 up to 41 cents
May , 2008 up to 42 cents
May , 2009 up to 44 cents
In the U.S. the rate for postcards was 4 cents from 7 January 1963 until 6 January 1968.
1969 in Canada
In the US postage was 6 cents from January 7, 1968 to May 15, 1971. It went to 8 cents on the 16th of May.
In the United States first class postage has never been one cent. Post cards were 1 cent from 1898 until 1958.
It was six cents.
First class postage was 29 cents that year. A post card would be 19 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.
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.
First class postage rate was 29 cents for the first ounce. Second ounce was 23 cents. A postcard cost 19 cents.
In the year 2000 in the United States, First Class postage was 33 cents. That covered the first ounce of postage. It went up to 34 cents in January of 2001.
In 1990 the first class stamp was 25 cents. For a postcard it was 15 cents.
That was issued in 1981 when postage went from 18 cents to 20 cents. It can still be used for 20 cents worth of postage.
The H stamp is worth 33 cents in postage. The US has never de-valued their postage stamps. In the US, they are still valid for postage at their face value.
The first class postage rate was 32 cents at the start of 1999. On January 10th it went up to 33 cents.
In the USA, the postage rate in April 2006 was 39 cents. It was raised from 37 cents in January of 2006. It went to 41 cents a year later in May 2007.
The rate went from 34 to 37 cents on June 30 2002. It went from 37 cents to 39 cents on January 8 2006. That is for the first ounce of first class postage, each additional ounce was 23 cents.