A097618 -id:A097618 - cp's OEIS frontend

A114062 United States Postal Rates (in cents) for the first ounce, starting in 1863.

6, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 49, 47, 49, 50, 55, 58, 60, 63, 66, 68

Offset: 1

Cino Hilliard, Feb 02 2006

In 1963 the postal rate was 5 cents and a gallon of regular gasoline cost 29.9 cents.

James E. Kloetzel, Editor, 2005 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers, Scott Publishing Co. Sidney, OH 2005, page 39A.

United States Postal Service, Rates for Domestic Letters Since 1863

Cf. A097618.

Edited by Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 10 2006
Two more terms from Jonathan Wellons (wellons(AT)gmail.com), Jul 23 2008
Corrected and extended by Lee A. Newberg, Apr 27 2016, Jan 22 2018, Mar 17 2018, Aug 28 2019, Oct 08 2022
a(36)-a(38) from Amiram Eldar, Jul 05 2024

A125214 Duplicate of A114062.

Original entry on oeis.org

6, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45

Offset: 1

Jason G. Wurtzel, Nov 24 2006

dead

Previous name was: Cost in cents of United States Postal Service postage for a 1 ounce domestic first class letter, since the institution of "uniform" letter rates in 1863.

			a(1)=6 since the first uniform letter rate (in 1863) was 3 cents per 1/2 ounce.
a(2)=4 since this rate was reduced to 2 cents per 1/2 ounce in 1883.
a(3)=2 since a per ounce price of 2 cents was instituted in 1885.

United States Postal Service, Rate History - Domestic Rates.

See A097618 for another version.

Added terms a(20)-a(26) Jason G. Wurtzel, Jul 19 2010

cp's OEIS Frontend

A114062 United States Postal Rates (in cents) for the first ounce, starting in 1863.

Views

Author

Keywords

Comments

References

Links

Crossrefs

Extensions