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The ship fee, including the ship rate on letters for delivery at the port of entry, were on a per letter basis, rather than weight. The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device. [1]
Lester G. Brookman, The Nineteenth Century Postage Stamps of the United States (Lindquist, 1947). John N. Luff and Benno Loewy, The Postage Stamps of the United States (New York, Scott Stamp & Coin Co., 1902). AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-23)
The U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13 were the first such stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office Department and consisted of twelve denominations to pay the postage on parcels weighing 16 ounces and more, with each denomination printed in the same color of "carmine-rose". Their border design was similar while each denomination of stamp bore ...
The first revenue stamps in the United States were used briefly during colonial times, among the most notable usage involved the Stamp Act.Long after independence, the first revenue stamps printed by the United States government were issued in the midst of the American Civil War, prompted by the urgent need to raise revenue to pay for the great costs it incurred.
After increasing the price of a first-class postage stamp to 68 cents in January, the U.S. Postal Service is planning to increase the cost again in the coming days.. The USPS will bump the cost of ...
Stamps prices are on the rise, again — one of several changes the U.S. Postal Service is rolling out this month. When announcing its intention to raise forever stamp prices to 66 cents earlier ...
Starting April 10, stamps for 1-ounce letters will drop in price from 49 cents to 47 cents after the expiration of a 2-year agreement. Stamp prices are falling by 2 cents, and that's bad news for ...
The first United States non-denominated postage stamp, issued in 1975, was valued at 10 cents. Non-denominated postage is a postage stamp intended to meet a certain postage rate, but printed without the denomination, the price for that rate. They may retain full validity for the intended rate, regardless of later rate changes, or they may ...