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✉️ First-class postage stamp by Year (1933–2025)

In 1933 it cost 3¢ (per letter). In 2025 it was 73¢, and the latest figure (since Jul 12, 2026) is 82¢. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 1958 and most expensive in 1933.

Price at the timeIn today's money

Year	Price then	In today's money
2025	73¢	76¢
2024	68¢	73¢
2023	63¢	70¢
2022	58¢	67¢
2021	55¢	68¢
2020	55¢	72¢
2019	55¢	72¢
2018	50¢	67¢
2017	49¢	67¢
2016	47¢	66¢
2015	49¢	70¢
2014	49¢	70¢
2013	46¢	67¢
2012	45¢	66¢
2011	44¢	66¢
2010	44¢	68¢
2009	44¢	69¢
2008	42¢	66¢
2007	41¢	67¢
2006	39¢	65¢
2005	37¢	64¢
2004	37¢	66¢
2003	37¢	68¢
2002	37¢	69¢
2001	34¢	65¢
2000	33¢	65¢
1999	33¢	67¢
1998	32¢	66¢
1997	32¢	67¢
1996	32¢	69¢
1995	32¢	71¢
1994	29¢	66¢
1993	29¢	68¢
1992	29¢	70¢
1991	29¢	72¢
1990	25¢	64¢
1989	25¢	68¢
1988	25¢	71¢
1987	22¢	65¢
1986	22¢	68¢
1985	22¢	69¢
1984	20¢	65¢
1983	20¢	68¢
1982	20¢	70¢
1981	18¢	67¢
1980	15¢	61¢
1979	15¢	70¢
1978	15¢	77¢
1977	13¢	72¢
1976	13¢	77¢
1975	10¢	63¢
1974	10¢	68¢
1973	8¢	61¢
1972	8¢	64¢
1971	8¢	67¢
1970	6¢	52¢
1969	6¢	55¢
1968	6¢	58¢
1967	5¢	51¢
1966	5¢	52¢
1965	5¢	53¢
1964	5¢	54¢
1963	5¢	55¢
1962	4¢	45¢
1961	4¢	45¢
1960	4¢	46¢
1959	4¢	46¢
1958	3¢	35¢
1957	3¢	36¢
1956	3¢	37¢
1955	3¢	38¢
1954	3¢	38¢
1953	3¢	38¢
1952	3¢	38¢
1951	3¢	39¢
1950	3¢	42¢
1949	3¢	42¢
1948	3¢	42¢
1947	3¢	45¢
1946	3¢	52¢
1945	3¢	56¢
1944	3¢	57¢
1943	3¢	58¢
1942	3¢	62¢
1941	3¢	69¢
1940	3¢	72¢
1939	3¢	73¢
1938	3¢	72¢
1937	3¢	70¢
1936	3¢	73¢
1935	3¢	74¢
1934	3¢	76¢
1933	3¢	78¢

How to read this

“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether stamp really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.

Source: U.S. Postal Service rate history (rate in effect July 1). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.

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