Postal Letter

USPS first class inflation corrected gif

Summary: sure seems like a lot more that 8 cents but actually it is exactly the same If corrected for inflation an 8 cent stamp in 1971 would be worth in 2007 exactly you guessed it 42 cents Observe the graph and you will see that the price of a first class stamp has remained somewhere between 40 and 55 cents in constant 2007 dollars since 1971 We are using 2007 dollars

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