What's the lowest stamp price for a 1st class letter you remember?

[undeterred]

I do remember 5 cents. I can't believe its gonna be 39 cents tomorrow.

[sarge43]

1. Postage

I remember one cent post cards and 25 cent a gallon gas.

Yeah, yeah, I'm older than dirt.

[undeterred]

2. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[trof]

7. Me too, sarge. Welcome to our doughty band.

I lived in NH for 16 years.
Merrimack.
Fond memories.
:hi:

[sarge43]

14. Thank you both.

Aye-up, NH is a nice place.

[GalleryGod]

3. 3 cents

Sorry to say:rofl:

[5thGenDemocrat]

4. I can remember four cent (magenta) Lincoln stamps

And I'll be 50 in October.
Hey, sarge -- if you're who I think you are, welcome back to DU and drop me a line sometime. All is well in Saginaw.
John
Possibly related to you. If I'm right, say hi to Jim for me.

[klook]

11. I remember the 4c Lincoln stamps

When I was a little kid, I thought the picture on the stamp was my grandfather!

[sarge43]

15. Hi nephew.

My e-addy changed. I don't have yours. You still have our phone number? If so, give me a fast call tomorrow and we'll do catch up.

Jim says hi backatcha.

(Mother of God on a rocket sled! My baby nephew is 50 freaking years old.):wow:

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Five cents

That woulda been around 1962, when I was 6.

As for gas, in 1962 we rode a price war all the way to Washington and back. Paid as little as 20.9. Seems like the average then was about 28-30.

So both gas and postage have gone up about 8x in 40-something years. Seems like that's about standard for most items.

[undeterred]

8. Nostalgia...

Remember when there was no self service at gas stations? And kids were kept quiet in the car by having us watch the other cars for license plates or colors...

[sarge43]

13. Nostaligia

And a long distance phone call was a BFD.

This whole online thing still amazes me.

[AccessGranted]

6. 3 Cents

Dang...I'm old!

[Left_Winger]

9. 10 cents

The stamps had a portrait of FDR.

[Deja Q]

10. The Pony Express didn't use stamps back then...

No adhesive. Only horse doo.

[lakemonster11]

12. 32

But they had to be licked---they didn't have adhesive on the back like they do now.

[Metta]

16. 3 cents and penny post cards.

And cobblestone streets. :hi:

[sakabatou]

17. The one before 37 cents.

[mykpart]

18. 3 cents

Thank God I'm not the only one!

[LostInAnomie]

19. 25 cents

[mwooldri]

20. 19p

Course I'm talking UK currency here.

I have seen pictures of the first UK stamp - the 1d 'Penny Black'. But I wasn't around then.

Which reminds me, give me LSD any day of the week. More of the L, less of the S and not so many D please. (UK pre-decimal currency - 12 pennies (d) to the shilling (s) - 20 shillings to the pound (L). The £ symbol when wrote in the cursive hand looks more like the letter l than the £ symbol we see today.

[The Sushi Bandit]

21. 4 cents.. but I got these from Mexico!

[Ron Green]

22. 3 cent first class, and 8 cent air mail.

[The Blue Knight]

23. ...I can't remember the last time I sent a first class letter

Hell, I can't remember the last time I used Snail Mail. Maybe a sign of the times? (I'm 19)

[undeterred]

24. I use snail mail 2-3 times per month-

used to be a lot more. 39 cents is an incentive to pay online when you can.