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In Great Britain, the stamps were 1 cent. In the US postage was 5 cents for the first half ounce. They weren't available in the US for several years after that before they were issued.

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What will the value be for some good condition 1776 stamps?

What stamps? First postal stamps were used in 1840.


Where stamps launch first?

England in 1840.


Where were stamps first use?

England as the first to use postage stamps, starting in 1840.


Did they have postage stamps in 1787?

No, they did not exist then. Great Britain introduced the first postage stamps in 1840.


How much were postage stamps in 1735?

Stamps did not exist in that year. They were introduced in 1840 in Great Britain.


Which country had the first postage stamps?

Great Britan in 1840


How much were stamps from Germany in 1801?

There were no stamps in 1801. The first postage stamps were issued in Great Britain in 1840. It was several years after that that German issued postage stamps.


What did rowland hill introduce in 1840?

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When were postage stamps first used?

Great Britain issues stamps without a country name. Being the first country to issue stamps, it didn't need one. Since then, all of their stamps have shown a picture of the ruling monarch on them.


How much is a collection of 1777 stamps worth?

There were no postage stamps from 1777. They were first used in 1840. You must be referring to stamps commemorating something that happened in 1777. You will have to identify them in a catalog to determine the value.


What was the cost of a stamp in 1765?

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.


How much did stamps cost in America in 1812?

Stamps were not available in 1812. The first where used in Great Britain in 1840. When the first US stamps camp out, they were 5 cents for the first 1/2 ounce of mail.

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