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Dec 6, 2019 09:00:36 #

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

jerryc41 wrote:

I remember 3¢ stamps.

What’s’ amazing isn’t that the 3cent stamps were “ so long ago” what kid truly amazing is that “ you can still REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK. We are after all becoming “older than dirt”. I am a ROCK....that’s been pulverized. Happy Holidays, Jerry!

Dec 6, 2019 09:09:06 #

dadaist

jerryc41 wrote:

I remember 3¢ stamps.

And 1 cent post cards-used both of them!!

Dec 6, 2019 09:15:15 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I also remember three-cent stamps.

And what were wages back then?

Dec 6, 2019 09:16:07 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

dadaist wrote:

And 1 cent post cards-used both of them!!

Yep—the “penny postcard.”

Dec 6, 2019 10:37:02 #

bamfordr Loc: Campbell CA

jerryc41 wrote:

I remember 3¢ stamps.

And two deliveries a day (in Boston) to our apartment building (actually in Brookline).

Dec 6, 2019 10:55:29 #

exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire

At 55 cents, the postage is a bargain.

Dec 6, 2019 11:21:30 #

Sunrisepano Loc: West Sub of Chicago

In grade school we were taught to write and mail a letter. Had to get a five cent first class stamp from mom and then mailed it. When dad saw it, "Why did you waste five cents to mail it to us when you could have handed it to us?"

Dec 6, 2019 12:30:38 #

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

I remember the 3 cent one too. At least I still have a good memory!

Dec 6, 2019 13:14:37 #

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

jerryc41 wrote:

I remember 3¢ stamps.

Dec 6, 2019 15:54:26 #

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

mas24 wrote:

Congress is in charge of the Post Office. Prices have to be approved by Congress. Since, the Post Office is now operating with big deficits. Raising prices on postage stamps were suppose to close the deficits. But, it has had little effects on the deficits.

And Congress is the reason the Post Office is in the mess that it is!

Dec 6, 2019 19:04:12 #

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

I have a friend, who works for the Post Office and he tells me that the Post Office makes money each year but that Congress robs it and uses it for other things.

Dec 6, 2019 19:04:49 #

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

jerryc41 wrote:

I remember 3¢ stamps.

👍👍👍

Dec 6, 2019 19:13:48 #

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

What did you pay for your first house ($24,000). What did you pay for your first new car ($3,000, Chevy Impala).
I also remember the 8 cent stamp.

Don

Dec 6, 2019 19:54:45 #

eagle80 Loc: Kutztown, PA

I even remember when they delivered the mail twice a day.

Dec 6, 2019 20:05:47 #

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

I can remember when they were .03. Tells you how old I am.

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