The rate went to five cents on January 7, 1963. It was valid for 5 years.
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Flag stamps were 42 cents face value, they were supposed to be forever stamps, postage never to increase from that 42 cents, but that flew out the window real fast.
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.)
In 1960 the cost of a postage stamp was 4 cents. The rate went to 5 cents on the 7th of January 1963.
44 cents
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.
Oh, isn't that just lovely? You have a variety of stamps to work with! With four 3-cent stamps and three 4-cent stamps, you can create amounts of postage ranging from 3 cents to 16 cents by using different combinations of these stamps. Just mix and match them like happy little colors on a canvas, and you'll have all the postage you need!
Postage stamps that are worth 32 cents can still be used but they must be combined with other stamps to meet the current postage rate. In January of 2014 the current postage rate was 49 cents for a letter that weighs one once of less.
Postage is now 42 cents.
15 cents.
356891011121314151617181921222427total 22 different amounts of postage