U.S. Postal Rates

U.S. Postal Rate Comparison
(For rates effective ending 12-31-1975, for more recent rates click here)


Domestic Letter Rates
Date	Surface, One Ounce	Surface, Additional Ounce	Airmail, One Ounce	Airmail, Additional Ounce
May 1873	2｢	NA	NA	NA
July 1, 1885	2｢	2｢	2｢	NA
November 2, 1917	3｢	3｢	NA	NA
July 1, 1919	2｢	2｢	NA	NA
February 1, 1927	"	"	10｢ (ｽ oz.)	10｢ (ｽ oz.)
August 1, 1928	"	"	5｢	10｢
July 6, 1932	3｢	3｢	8｢	13｢
July 1, 1934	"	"	6｢	6｢
March 26, 1944	"	"	8｢	8｢
October 1, 1946	"	"	5｢	5｢
January 1, 1949	"	"	6｢	6｢
August 1, 1958	4｢	4｢	7｢	7｢
January 7, 1963	5｢	5｢	8｢	8｢
January 7, 1968	6｢	6｢	10｢	10｢
May 16, 1971	8｢	8｢	11｢	11｢
March 2, 1974	10｢	10｢	13｢	13｢
September 14, 1975	"	9｢	"	"
December 28, 1975	"	"	17｢	15｢
December 31, 1975	13｢	11｢	NA	NA
Post Card Rates
Date	Domestic Surface	Domestic Airmail	International Surface	International Airmail
May 1873	1｢	NA	NA	NA
July 1875	NA	NA	2｢	NA
November 2, 1917	2｢	NA	"	NA
July 1, 1919	1｢	NA	"	NA
October 1, 1925	"	NA	3｢	NA
January 1, 1948	"	4｢	"	NA
January 1, 1952	2｢	NA	"	NA
November 1, 1953	"	"	4｢	NA
August 1, 1958	3｢	5｢	5｢	NA
July 1, 1961	"	"	7｢	NA
January 7, 1963	4｢	6｢	"	11｢?
May 1, 1967	"	"	8｢	13｢
January 7, 1968	5｢	8｢	"	"
May 16, 1971	6｢	9｢	"	"
July 1, 1971	"	"	10｢	15｢
March 2, 1974	8｢	11｢	12｢	18｢
September 14, 1975	7｢	"	"	"
December 28, 1975	"	14｢	"	21｢
December 31, 1975	9｢	"	"	"