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RazorbackExpat

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8. I remember the switch from US Post Office to US Postal Service

Reply to Grokenstein (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:32 AM

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July 1, 1971. To commemorate the event, they raised the first class letter rate from 6 cents to 8 cents, and dropped the word "postage" from postage stamps

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