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  2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    However, this legislation was set to expire in April 2016. As a result, the Post Office retained one cent of the price change as a previously allotted adjustment for inflation, but the price of a first-class stamp became 47 cents: for the first time in 97 years (and for the fourth time in the agency's history) the price of a stamp decreased. [32]

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    On April 12, 2007, the Forever stamp went on sale for 41 cents, and is good for mailing one-ounce First-Class letters anytime in the future—regardless of price changes. On the same day, the Postal Service also issued an American flag stamp with the text "USA First Class", whose value is fixed at 41 cents. [62]

  4. First-rate - Wikipedia

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    To do otherwise was to risk swamping the entire vessel, as occurred in 1781 when the first-rate Royal George sank at anchor at Spithead after the lower gunports were opened to air the ship. [6] Early first-rates had little storage space to stow provisions for their large crews on long voyages, and the ships themselves routinely proved ...

  5. Mail sorting - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, the USPS introduced shape-based pricing which offered more significant postal discounts for mailers who sorted flat-sized mailpieces. In response to this postal change, the market responded with new low-cost systems designed specifically to support flat mail sorting for mailers who process between 500 and 10,000 first class flats per day.

  6. U.S. Special Delivery (postal service) - Wikipedia

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    [1] The first Special delivery stamp was printed by the American Bank Note Company and issued on October 1, 1885. It could not be used to prepay postage or any other service. The stamp bears the words "Secures immediate delivery at a special delivery office,". In 1886 the Special Delivery service was expanded to all post offices and a new stamp ...

  7. Timeline of postal history - Wikipedia

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    1635 31 July - Charles I made the Royal Mail service available to the public for the first time with postage being paid by the recipient. [7]1639 - The General Court of Massachusetts designates the tavern of Richard Fairbanks in Boston as the official repository of overseas mail, making it the first postal establishment in the Thirteen Colonies.

  8. Registered mail - Wikipedia

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    Registered mail is offered by the United States Postal Service as an extra for First Class or Priority Mail shipments. It provides end-to-end security in locked containers and its custody records are maintained, but are not normally provided to the customer unless a claim is filed.

  9. Container ship - Wikipedia

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    This railroad can typically deliver containers in 1/3 to 1/2 of the time of a sea voyage, and in late 2009 announced a 20% reduction in its container shipping rates. [109] With its 2009 rate schedule, the TSR will transport a forty-foot container to Poland from Yokohama for $2,820, or from Pusan for $2,154. [109]

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