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There were 12 stamps issued that year for the first class rate of three cents.
On March 3, 1863, the US issued its first postage stamps, they were 3 cents, for a one half ounce letter.
It would have cost you 44 cents to mail your Christmas cards that year. And a postcard would have cost 28 cents.
There were many stamps issued of various denominations. The postage rate has never been 23 cents for the initial rate, but was valid for the second and additional ounces of mail. That was valid from February 1991 to January 1999 when it went down a penny.
Depends on where you are sending it from!It costs 98 cents from the US in the year 2010.
The US issued the first postage stamps in 1847.
According to the USPS web site, "Forever Stamps can be used to mail a one-ounce letter regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change in the future." The United States Postal Service and its predecessors have not devalued any US Postage stamps since the Civil War.
2011
The first class rate was 32 cents that year. A post card was 20 cents.
It varies from year to year for the cost of postage stamps. Right now in 2010, it cost around 44 cents for stamps..
Hundreds of stamps are issued each year around the world. Each country will issue different stamps throughout the year.
The U.S. has had 25 cents postage stamps during most of the time there have been stamps. Assuming you meant to ask "When did it cost 25 cents to mail a letter?" the answer is from 3 April 1988 through 2 February 1991.