Monday, October 24, 2011

Stamp prices throughout time

 I remember when....

Date                                        Price
1885                                        .02
1917                                        .03
1919                                        .02      
1932                                        .03
1958                                        .04
1963                                        .05
1968                                        .06
1970                                        President Nixon signs into law Postal Reorganization Act
1971                                        U.S. Postal Service begins operations
1971    May                             .08
1974    March                          .10
1975    December                    .13
1978    May                             .15
1981    March                          .18
1981    November                   .20
1982                                        Last year Postal Service accepted public service subsidy
1985    February                      .22
1988    April                            .25
1991    February                      .29      
1995    January                        .32
1999    January                        .33
2001    January                        .34
2002    June                             .37
2006    January                        .39
2007    April                            Forever Stamp goes on sale   
2007    May                             .41
2008    May                             .42
2009    May                             .44 
2012    Jan. 22                        .45

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Before my husband and I married, we were pen pals...back in the day before the internet. I still have the letters that we exchanged during that time, complete with 29-cent stamps!!

Anonymous said...

Sorry...they're twenty-TWO cent stamps!! :)

Anonymous said...

Sorry...they're twenty-TWO cent stamps!! :)

Grannybunny said...

When I was a child, it was 3 cents to mail a letter -- 2 cents if not sealed -- and a penny for postcards. Airmail was charged by the 1/2 ounce, and people used onion-skin paper to lessen the weight.