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To: jrhana who wrote (2090)	6/4/2003 12:15:10 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4907

I looked up the historical 1/2 oz. first class rate, and it's kind of amazing -- although it dropped from 3 cents to 2 cents and back a couple times, and it used to be per 1/2 oz., you could still mail a 1/2 ounce letter for 3 cents or less for 125 years: March 3, 1863 3 per 1/2 oz. March 3, 1883 2 per 1/2 oz. July 1, 1885 2 per Ounce November 3, 1917 3 " July 1, 1919 2 " July 6, 1932 3 " August 1, 1958 4 January 7, 1963 5 January 7, 1968 6 May 16, 1971 8 [last 86 years, 300% increase, 1.6% per year] August 1971 gold-backed dollar abolished March 2, 1974 10 December 31, 1975 13 May 29, 1978 15 March 22, 1981 18 November 1, 1981 20 February 17, 1985 22 April 3, 1988 25 February 3, 1991 29 January 1, 1995 32 January 10,1999 33 January 5, 2001 34 June 30, 2002 37 [last 31 years, 363% increase, 5.1% per year]