On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the
Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place the
foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system.
Anyone who needs stamps might want to head out and grab
them before the United States Postal Service’s latest price
hikes go into effect this weekend. (FOX NEWS)
The cost of a "forever" stamp for first-class mail is rising from
63 to 66 cents Sunday as part of increased mailing prices
approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission earlier this
year at the request of the USPS. The USPS said it needed more
money in part due to high inflation.
The first two stamps printed by the U.S. Postal Service
featured Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
The United States Postal Service issued its first-ever postage
stamps on this day in history.
The first postage stamps produced by the United States Postal
Service (USPS) were sold in New York City, according to the
USPS website.
The two stamps came in two designs and sold for five cents
and 10 cents. (FOX NEWS)
Sir Rowland Hill is a British inventor credited with inventing
the first postage stamp.
On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
was launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space
capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel
into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes
and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere,
was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
(AP) – The United States Postal Service officially announced the
price of Forever stamps and other postage will go up on Jan. 22,
2023. The move has been anticipated for months after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in August that increases would be
necessary to keep up with costs. Inflation was expected to add
$1 billion to the Postal Service’s operating budget.
The USPS plans to increase prices of affected postage by 4.2%,
which amounts to a few cents per stamp. The cost of a Forever
stamp would go up 3 cents, from 60 cents to 63 cents. The price
of Forever stamps just went up in July from 58 cents to 60 cents.
A year ago, the stamps cost 55 cents.
Postmaster general Louis DeJoy (65).
On July 1, 1847 Congress authorized our
first prepaid postage stamps so that the
sender, rather than the recipient, paid for
the delivery of the letter.
Our first Postmaster, Benjamin Franklin,
was the first person in the world other
than a head of state to be on a stamp.
US Scott #1 5¢ Franklin (above).
