It was 5 cents for the first half ounce of mail.
The standard First Class Postage Rate was 5 cents in 1967.
41 cents As of May 7th, 2009 - 43 cents According the Postage Price Calculator at usps.gov, queried on 5/11/09, a first class letter is $0.44. For a quick current answer, see howmucharestamps.com
6 cents starting January 7th, 1968. 5 cents before that. See the Related Link.
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In 1960 the cost of a postage stamp was 4 cents. The rate went to 5 cents on the 7th of January 1963.
Cost for one ounce of first class postage was 6 cents in 1969. Postcards were 5 cents. It was raised to 8 cents in 1971.
It was 5 cents for the first half ounce of mail.
One penny for the first in the world, in England. The first stamps in the US sold for 5 cents or 10 cents ( There were two different stamps offered.)
The cost of a First Class US postage stamp in 1971 was 6 cents. It was raised from 5 cents in 1968. In May of 1971 the cost was raised to 8 cents.
The cost of a stamp changed in 1968. It started off the year at 5 cents. At the end of the first week of January it went up to 6 cents.
The rate went to five cents on January 7, 1963. It was valid for 5 years.
Postage in 1960 was was 4 cents for a First Class letter in the US. It went up to 5 cents in 1963. A postcard could be mailed for 3 cents.
US postal postal stamps were 3 cents in 1944
The price of a First Class Stamp in 1965 was 5 cents. It was good for one ounce of First Class Postage. It went up from 4 cents in 1963.
There were no postage stamps in 1752- the first postage stamp appeared in 1840 in England. The US was under British colonial rule in 1752. There was a postal service and Benjamin Franklin was the Postmaster General. I am sorry that I do not know the postage rates, I am pretty sure they varied with the distance the mail had to travel.
In 1970, first class letters went for 6 cents.