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United States domestic first-class & postcard rates, 1863–present [conversion 1] Date Introduced Letters (for first ounce) Packages (for first ounce) Additional (per ounce) Postcard rate International rate (letters) Comments July 1, 1863.06 (.03 for 1 ⁄ 2 oz).06.06 (.03 per 1 ⁄ 2 oz).06 .02 per half ounce in drop boxes: October 1, 1883.04
It cost 18 3/4 cents to send a letter from Boston to New York and 25 cents to send one from Boston to Washington, DC. A letter sent from Boston to Albany, NY written on a 1/4-ounce sheet of paper and carried by the Western Railroad, cost 2/3 as much as the freight charge for carrying a barrel of flour the same distance.
The U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13 were the first such stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office Department and consisted of twelve denominations to pay the postage on parcels weighing 16 ounces and more, with each denomination printed in the same color of "carmine-rose". Their border design was similar while each denomination of stamp bore ...
NASA, Apollo 15 Command Module Onboard Voice Transcription, p. 267. August 3, 1971, 1:56:11 pm through 1:57:21 pm EDT (mission time 196:22:11 through 196:23:21), aboard Endeavour in lunar orbit above the far side of the Moon Apollo 15 splashed down about 335 miles (539 km) north of Honolulu at 4:46 pm EDT (UTC–04:00) on August 7, 1971; the crew was retrieved by helicopters from the Okinawa ...
Toggle navigation World Cup 2014. Matches. Round of 16. June 28 Brazil 1(3) - Chile 1(2) ...
In 1959–1961 Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority produced 125 g of 99.9% pure protactinium at a cost of $ 500 000, giving the cost of 4 000 000 USD per kg. Periodic Table of Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory website at one point listed protactinium-231 as available from Oak Ridge National Laboratory at a price of 280 000 USD/kg.
The first national system was inspired by the British one, using white letters on a black background with each province using its own leading letter - major towns received two-letter combos, while smaller towns and municipalities used three-letter combinations. From 1 February 2000, a process started to replace all number plates in South Africa ...
A letter from Albert Einstein, which encouraged the US to develop the world's first nuclear bombs, is to go up for auction. Written to President Franklin D Roosevelt, in 1939, the note warns that ...