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The increase went into effect on Sunday.US Postal Service hikes stamp prices again. Here’s how much you should expect to pay Brianna Taylor July 11, 2022 at 2:39 PM Copied
In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with "district overprints", a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to protect from theft of postage stamps. In 1891, the postal and stamp issuing authority was created as an administrative division of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones (Secretariat of Communications).
The American Credo postal issues (credo is "I believe..." in Latin) were a series of six commemorative postage stamps issued by the United States Post Office between 1960 and 1961. Issued over a one-year period, the 4-cent stamps feature famous quotes from prominent Americans which are considered to eulogize the principles on which the United States was founded. An opinion poll was taken which ...
A certificate of a $5 deposit in the United States Postal Savings System issued on September 10, 1932 The United States Postal Savings System was a postal savings system signed into law by President William Howard Taft and operated by the United States Post Office Department, predecessor of the United States Postal Service, from January 1, 1911, until July 1, 1967. [1][2]
Last September, the U.S. Postal Service debuted its long-awaited — and much litigated — electric vehicle mail delivery truck. Since then, more than 7,200 new zero-emissions vehicles have been ...
The Stamp Act 1712 (10 Ann. c. 18) [c] was an act passed in the United Kingdom on 1 August 1712 to create a new tax on publishers, particularly of newspapers. [6][7][8] The initial assessed rate of tax was one penny per whole newspaper sheet, a halfpenny for a half sheet, and one shilling per advertisement contained within. [9] Other than newspapers, it required that all pamphlets, legal ...
How much would your initial investment of $1,000 be worth today if you had held on for the entire 10 years? You might want to sit down first. The total comes to over $201,000.
The advent of robotic and human spaceflight presented a new era of American history. Keeping with the tradition of honoring the country's history on U.S. postage stamps, the U.S. Post Office began commemorating the various events with its commemorative postage stamp issues. The first U.S. Postage issue to depict a U.S. space vehicle was issued in 1948, the Fort Bliss issue. The first issue to ...