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Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.
Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
The 2023 season was the Chicago Bears ' 104th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their second under the head coach / general manager tandem of Matt Eberflus and Ryan Poles. Despite starting the season 0–4, and extending the team losing streak to 14 (longest in team history; dating back to the 2022 season), [1] the Bears improved ...
The United States Postal Service announced plans to raise the price of Forever stamps and other postage for 2023. Upon approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission, USPS says the cost of first ...
But it was the first time rates for first-class mail had been increased in 15 years. From 1930 to 1935, the volume of mail handled fell to 22.3 billion pieces from 27.9 billion; it wouldn't return ...
The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between 1940 and 1943, winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. [8] [9] The second period of success was between 1984 and 1991 when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX.
Stamp prices alone have soared 36% since 2019 when they used to cost 50 cents. The Postal Service last raised First-Class stamp prices by two cents in January, just a few months after it raised ...
Of the original 17 individuals inducted in 1963, three spent a majority of their careers with the Chicago Bears. This includes the founder, long time owner, and head coach George Halas, [7] long time halfback and two-way player Bronko Nagurski, [8] and the "Galloping Ghost" Red Grange. [9] [10] The first few years of the Hall of Fame's ...