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2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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   The ship fee, including the ship rate on letters for delivery at the port of entry, were on a per letter basis, rather than weight. The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device. [1]

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

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   The series ended in 1922 when a messenger riding a motorcycle was shown, replaced by a truck in 1925. In the following years the truck and motorcycle pictures reappeared as rates changed and various color, printing and perforation varieties were created. [5] Finally in 1954 a design featuring hands passing a letter went into use.

4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   For the 2¢ value, which satisfied the normal letter rate, the most familiar Gilbert Stuart image of Washington had been chosen. After postal rates rose that July, this 2¢ red Washington was redesigned as a 3¢ stamp and issued in the purple color that now became ubiquitous among U.S. commemoratives. [citation needed]

5. The USPS, UPS SurePost delivery contract is over. Will this ...

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   Our Parcel Select product still exists and any business can use it now at our published rates." USPS had a contract with FedEx for domestic air transportation services, but it expired on Sept. 29 ...

6. The Least Expensive ZIP Code in Every State - AOL

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   To find out where the least expensive ZIP code is in each state, GOBankingRates took the average February 2024 home value and used the 30-year fixed rate average mortgage rate to calculate the ...

7. Aerogram - Wikipedia

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   An aerogram, aerogramme, aérogramme, air letter or airletter is a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail, in which the letter and envelope are one and the same. Most postal administrations forbid enclosures in these light letters, which are usually sent abroad at a preferential rate ...