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IT DOES NOT HAVE SURNAMES OR ST OR CO NAMES.
I found the following on another list and thought this might be a bit of
GENEALOGY TRIVIA that would be of interest to some. Me I have printed out
several and put one in several of my genealogy notebooks that are used
frequently, that way I don't have to run to one all the time if a postage
date is in question. Beej
: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:57:29 -0500
From: Judy Nordgren <JNordgren(a)KORYUBOOKS.COM>
Subject: Stamps on old letters
Do you have a stash of old family letters with blurred unreadable postmarks
and no dates inside? These postal rate changes will help a little on dating
those old letters.
July 1, 1885 2 cents
Nov 3, 1917 3 cents
July 1, 1919 2 cents
July 6, 1932 3 cents
Aug 1, 1958 4 cents
Jan 7, 1963 5 cents
May 16, 1971 8 cents
Mar 2, 1974 10 cents and up
I was not aware of the change up and down from 2 to 3 cents and that fact
explains some of my dating problems. I read this information in a newspaper
back in Jan when they were proposing a new postal increase.