Concerning A114062: US Regular Domestic Postal Rates.

[cino hilliard]

Hi Robert,
I used

http://www.akdart.com/postrate.html

which used

http://www.usps.com/history/rates/ratehis.htm

The 10 cent rate, effective March 2 1974, was 10 cents per ounce. Then in 
September
14, 1975 it was 10 cents for the first ounce. This is a delineated 
historical change and therefore
was listed. Perhaps we need to change the description to something like

United States Postal Rates for the first ounce since 1863.

This will remove the extra 10.

It is interesting how much the internet and electronic bill payments would 
help the consumer. For
me, almost 100% of my stamp usage is bill payment. That is $4.68/yr for each 
company I owe. If all
American housholds just stopped stamp mailing one creditor, Millions could 
be saved. And as
companies would start sending the bills electronically, even more would be 
saved. How many
households have a bank account?  If 90 million that is 4.68*90 million = 
$421.2 million per year.
Multiply that by 6 creditors we have a  savings of $2.53 billion. This does 
not even consider the
trees that we would save.

Too bad we can't drive our cars or deliver physical goods electronically.

Cino

>From: "Robert G. Wilson v" <rgwv at rgwv.com>
>Reply-To: rgwv at rgwv.com
>To: Cino Hilliard <hillcino368 at hotmail.com>,  Jonathan Vos Post 
><jvospost2 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Concerning A114062: US Regular Domestic Postal Rates.
>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:13:57 -0600
>
>Dear Cino & Jonathan,
>
>	Neil said that I edited this but he never applied the edits that I faxed 
>him.
>
>	If you look at Scott's catalogue, the definitive source of U.S. 
>philatelical
>material, the domestic letter rates per 1/2 ounce until 1 July 1885 then 1 
>ounce
>beginning on 1 July 1845 with no penalty for distance is: 5, 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 
>2, 3,
>4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39. So I am
>questioning why the double entry of 10, and the first two entries in 
>A114062 to
>be replaced with {5,3,1,3}. From 3 October 1883 onward we agree. I also 
>added a
>few more hyper links and one more reference.
>
>	The Soctt's Specialized numbering system is even used by the USPS.
>
>	I would be happy to fax you the pertinent page out of the Scott's Cat.
>if I had your
>
>
>           5,3,1,3,2,3,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,13,15,18,20,22,25,29,32,33,34,37,39
>               6,4,2,3,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,13,15,18,20,22,25,29,32,33,34,37,39
>
>
>%I A114062
>%S A114062 6,4,2,3,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,10,13,15,18,20,22,25,29,32,33,34,37,39
>%N A114062 United States Postal Rates per ounce since 1863.
>%C A114062 Values are in cents.
>%C A114062 In 1963 the postal rate was 5 cents and a gallon of regular 
>gasoline cost 29.9 cents.
>%D A114062 James E. Kloetzel, Editor, 2005 Specialized Catalogue of United 
>States Stamps & Covers, Scott Publishing Co. Sidney, OH 2005, page 39A.
>%D A114062 USPS, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps, 30th Edition, 
>Harper Collins Publishers, NY, 2004,
>%H A114062 USPS, <a 
>href="http://www.usps.com/history/rates/ratehis.htm">Rate History</a>.
>%H A114062 Wikepedia, <a 
>href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_catalog">Scott catalog</a>.
>%H A114062 1847usa.com, <a 
>href="http://www.1847usa.com/USPostageByYear.htm">United States Postage 
>Stamps By Year</a>.
>%H A114062 A. K. Dart, <a 
>href="http://www.akdart.com/postrate.html">Postage rates USA</a>
>%K A114062 fini,nonn
>%O A114062 1,1
>%A A114062 Cino Hilliard (hillcino368(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 02 2006
>%E A114062 Edited by Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 03 2006
>
>