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2. Postage stamps and postal history of Canada - Wikipedia

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   The postal and philatelic history of Canada concerns postage of the territories which have formed Canada. Before Canadian confederation, the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland issued stamps in their own names. The postal history falls into four major periods ...

3. Canada Post - Wikipedia

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   The first postage stamp (designed by Sandford Fleming) went into circulation in Canada that same year. It was in 1867 that the newly formed Dominion of Canada created the Post Office Department as a federal government department (The Act for the Regulation of the Postal Service ) headed by a Cabinet minister, the Postmaster General of Canada .

4. 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.

5. Non-denominated postage - Wikipedia

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   The first United States non-denominated postage stamp, issued in 1975, was valued at 10 cents. Non-denominated postage is a postage stamp intended to meet a certain postage rate, but printed without the denomination, the price for that rate.

6. Stamp prices just went up again. Here’s what the U.S. Postal ...

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   Single-piece letter (extra ounce): 20 cents to 24 cents. Metered mail one-ounce: 53 cents to 57 cents. Postcard stamp: 40 cents to 44 cents. One-ounce letter (international): $1.30 to $1.40. A new ...

7. List of postage rates in Australia - Wikipedia

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   Since about 2005, larger letters have been charged a round multiple of the base postage rate, which is helpful to customers if they do not have stocks of the more expensive stamps. 260 x 360 x 20mm – Up to 125g – $3.00; 260 x 360 x 20mm – Up to 250g – $4.50; 260 x 360 x 20mm – Up to 500g – $7.50