Does Anyone Remember When
#7755989
12/27/22 08:03 PM
12/27/22 08:03 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
Northern KY
huntcook
OP
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OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2011
Northern KY
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When you could mail a sealed letter for 4 cents and if you did not seal it but tucked in the flap it was 3 cents to mail. Where would that get you now?
Government making sin legal does not make it right.
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756018
12/27/22 08:27 PM
12/27/22 08:27 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oakland, MS
Drifter
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Oakland, MS
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Yep and post cards were 2 cents to mail as well.
Some individuals use statistics as a drunk man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than for illumination.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic
Life member NTA , and GA Trappers assoc .
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756062
12/27/22 08:59 PM
12/27/22 08:59 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
williamsburg ks
danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
Joined: Dec 2006
williamsburg ks
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How about red white and blue stripes on the edge of an airmail envelope? Or you could just buy an airmail stamp, ten cents if I remember right, and write airmail on the envelope.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756092
12/27/22 09:24 PM
12/27/22 09:24 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
ny
upstateNY
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ny
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When you could mail a sealed letter for 4 cents and if you did not seal it but tucked in the flap it was 3 cents to mail. Where would that get you now? Yup,,and half the time we didn't have a stamp,,so just taped the pennys to the envelope.Mailman would put the stamp on for you. 
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: upstateNY]
#7756105
12/27/22 09:33 PM
12/27/22 09:33 PM
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Joined: May 2016
Southern Illinois
Foxpaw
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Southern Illinois
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When you could mail a sealed letter for 4 cents and if you did not seal it but tucked in the flap it was 3 cents to mail. Where would that get you now? Yup,,and half the time we didn't have a stamp,,so just taped the pennys to the envelope.Mailman would put the stamp on for you.  We just used a clothespin.
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: Guss]
#7756146
12/27/22 10:09 PM
12/27/22 10:09 PM
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Joined: May 2016
Southern Illinois
Foxpaw
trapper
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Southern Illinois
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Don't forget SH green stamps!. I think with Eagle stamps I could get cash by taking a small deduction.
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756150
12/27/22 10:10 PM
12/27/22 10:10 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Western Shore Delaware
SJA
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Western Shore Delaware
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Belair(?) Cigarette coupons. Had 3 or 4 trash bags of them and traded them in for a Mitchell 302 Salt Walter fishing reel! 
Last edited by SJA; 12/27/22 10:14 PM.
"Humans are the hardest people to get along with." Dr. Phillip Snow
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756169
12/27/22 10:32 PM
12/27/22 10:32 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion
Don't call me Mister, Mister
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Don't call me Mister, Mister
Joined: Dec 2006
Central Pennsylvania
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I was like Keith, I never knew it was less expensive to mail a letter unsealed.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756175
12/27/22 10:36 PM
12/27/22 10:36 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
St. Louis Co, Mo
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Postcards were a penny, an unsealed letter was 2nd class mail for such things as Christmas/birthday cards, and my favorite was called franking. You write FREE where the stamp goes, for members of congress and soldiers in a combat zone!
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Does Anyone Remember When
[Re: huntcook]
#7756243
12/28/22 12:06 AM
12/28/22 12:06 AM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Newark, Ohio 84 yrs
Actor
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trapper
Joined: Sep 2008
Newark, Ohio 84 yrs
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Most of my early life they were 3 cents for a letter, and they were called penny post cards, because that what they cost. Most of the high-priced stamps today are printed for the stamp collectors. The only stamps I ever see anyone are the bulk mailing stamps and get 1 or 2 commemorative stamps at Christmas time.
Garry-
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
I trapping 78 years… Last Year was the End of The Line.
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