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Since at least the early 1980s, the price of a stamp has closely followed the consumer price index. The large jumps in the early 1900s are because a change by a single penny was significant compared to the cost of the stamp. For example, the price increase from $0.02 to $0.03 on July 6, 1932, was a 50% increase in cost.
The price of a First-Class stamp reached 10 cents in 1974, just before the 200th anniversary of the service. As recently as 2002 it stood at 34 cents, or half of the current price.
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 ...
That will jump 5 cents to 73 cents this month. Domestic postcards are going up to 56 cents from 53 cents. International letters will be $1.65, a 10-cent increase. When do stamps go up in price ...
Stamp catalogs list its price as only $15,000, one-tenth of the Inverted Jenny that is valued at $150,000, despite the fact that about the same number of each stamp exist. A block of four stamps sold in 2004 [3] for $60,000 and a second block was sold in 2015 for $71,875. [4] Reproductions have been sold on eBay. [5]
The price of a first-class stamp reached 10 cents in 1974, just before the 200th anniversary of the service. As recently as 2002 it stood at 34 cents, or half of today’s price ahead of Sunday ...
In July 2022, the price of a Forever stamp was raised to 60 cents, and on Jan. 22, 2023, it was raised to 63 cents. As the U.S. Postal Service continues to find its way out of a $1 billion debt ...
The USPS will bump the cost of a first-class Forever stamp to 73 cents on July 14, a 5% jump from the previous price point and 10 cents above the price at the start of 2023.