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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] In 2011, the Post Office began issuing all new stamps for First-Class postage—both definitives and commemoratives—as Forever stamps: denominations were no longer included on them.
The Government of India opened its first post office in Dubai in 1941 and its operation was taken over by British Postal Agencies, a subsidiary of the GPO (General Post Office) in 1948. Stamps of the time were British stamps surcharged with Rupee values, until in 1959 a set of 'Trucial States' stamps was issued from Dubai. [2]
All railroads in the United States were designated as post routes, after passage of the Act of July 7, 1838. Mail service by railroad increased rapidly thereafter. [16] First U.S. postage stamps, authorized by Congress March 3, 1847. [17] Earliest known use of the 5¢ Franklin is July 7, 1847, and the 10¢ Washington is July 2, 1847. [18]
The United States Postal Service on Monday released its postage stamp honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a feminist icon who served for years as the senior-most member of ...
The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday that Trebek will be featured on a new postage stamp to be released July 22. “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings also revealed the stamp on Friday’s episode ...
The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence. The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital, the National Emblem of India, and was for domestic use. Indian postal systems for efficient military and governmental communications had developed long before the arrival of Europeans. When the Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danish and British ...
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 ...
The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 is a federal statute intended to address "the finances and operations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)", [ 1] specifically to lift budget requirements imposed on the Service by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act [ 2] and require it to continue six day a week delivery of mail. [ 3]