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2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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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.

3. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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   The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

4. Have Shipping Fees Gone Up? Comparing 10 Years Ago and ... - AOL

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   Fast forward to today, and your annual cost jumps to $87.60 to send those same envelopes. Shipping packages will put an even bigger dent in your bank account. For instance, if you mailed 20 ...

5. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   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.

6. Express mail in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Special Delivery, a domestic accelerated local delivery service, was introduced on 3 March 1885 initially with a fee of 10¢ paid by a Special Delivery stamp. It was transformed into Express Mail, introduced in 1977 by Ronald B. Lee after an experimental period that started in 1970, [ 7] although Special Delivery was not terminated until June 8 ...

7. US Postal Service hikes stamp prices again. Here’s ... - AOL

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   It just got a little more expensive to send mail in Sacramento — and across the U.S. Effective Sunday, the U.S. Postal Service’s first-class mail “forever” stamps — commonly used to mail ...