The Post Office Department issued its first postage stamps
on July 1, 1847.

Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part
of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according
to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the
post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.

Rates were adopted in 1847 for mail to or from the Pacific Coast
and in 1848 for mail sent from one place in the west to another
place in the west. There were double and triple rates as a letter’s
size increased. There were ship fees which were also added
(i.e. mail to Hawaii). The ship fee, including the ship rate on letters
for delivery at the port of entry, were on a per letter basis, rather
than weight. The United States issued its first postage stamps in
1847. Before that time, the rates, dates and origin of the letter
were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a
handstamp device.

Lawrence Samuel Storch (January 8, 1923 – July 8, 2022)

Larry Storch, the manic actor who starred as the bumbling sidekick Corporal Randolph Agarn on the 1960s ABC sitcom F Troop, has
died. He was 99.

  
MIKE GRACIA

Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey) achieved international fame
as the drummer for The Beatles. He 82 years old today.

On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins. Over the
next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to
produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as one
of the largest manmade structures in the world.

 
    
    
   

James Edmund Caan 
(March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022)

WASHINGTON (TND) — According to his family, Caan died
Wednesday night  in Los Angeles.

James Cann starred in multiple movies, such as "The Godfather,"
as well as the film’s sequel, "The Godfather II." He played the role
of Sonny Corleone.

He also starred in "Misery" opposite Kathy Bates, as well as "Elf"
with Will Ferrell, and "El Dorado" with John Wayne.

During his career, Caan was nominated for several awards,
including four Golden Globes, an Emmy and an Oscar.

Cann in “Misery” (1990)