View Full Version : Why were there 1¼¢ stamps in 1967?
jbb
June 25th, 2013, 06:22 PM
I happened upon a bunch of 1¼¢ U.S. Postage stamps at a yard sale. I looked them up and they're from 1967. Isn't that strange?
http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?cmd=1&con=1&tid=2028976
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jar
June 25th, 2013, 06:25 PM
Why?
Prices went up.
I remember Coke going from 5cents to 6cents.
Stamps going from one cent to one and a quarter cents and then one and a half cents and then two cents.
Laura N
June 25th, 2013, 06:33 PM
Four for five cents? A different time, for sure. :)
jbb
June 25th, 2013, 06:41 PM
The Postal Workers at my local P.O. had never heard of such a thing.
jar
June 25th, 2013, 06:42 PM
But like the coke example, a really big price increase.
jbb
June 25th, 2013, 06:42 PM
Why?
Prices went up.
I remember Coke going from 5cents to 6cents.
Stamps going from one cent to one and a quarter cents and then one and a half cents and then two cents.
Did your first computer run on steam?
jar
June 25th, 2013, 06:54 PM
Why?
Prices went up.
I remember Coke going from 5cents to 6cents.
Stamps going from one cent to one and a quarter cents and then one and a half cents and then two cents.
Did your first computer run on steam?
No, but close and it did boot into BASIC.
woosang
June 26th, 2013, 06:48 AM
fascinating!!
jar
June 26th, 2013, 07:05 AM
I remember 1½ cent stamps too, both George and Martha Washington had a 1½ cent stamp as did Harding.
jbb
June 26th, 2013, 07:12 AM
Is the USPS obliged to honor the 1¼¢ value? so 4 stamps = 5¢ ?
jar
June 26th, 2013, 07:32 AM
Is the USPS obliged to honor the 1¼¢ value? so 4 stamps = 5¢ ?
Sure if the stamps have not been canceled, but I think the 1¼¢ stamps are worth about 20¢ on the collectors market.
Sailor Kenshin
June 26th, 2013, 10:47 AM
Is the USPS obliged to honor the 1¼¢ value? so 4 stamps = 5¢ ?
Sure if the stamps have not been canceled, but I think the 1¼¢ stamps are worth about 20¢ on the collectors market.
Score!
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