According to an inflation calculator online, 6 cents in 1950 was the equivalent of 59 cents in 2014. If this is accurate, then relative to other things we buy, stamps are actually cheaper now.
Other things I’ve found ...From my old Nov 26, 1963 newspaper(kept because of the Kennedy killing)
NEW FULLY EQUIPPED 1964 PICKUPS! $225 DOWN! $54.60 PER MONTH! (In those days you financed a new truck for 24 months. A used truck for 18 months)
WHITE SEWING CENTER SEWING MACHINE AND DESK FOR $57.00.
BRAND NEW ROYAL PORTABLE TYPEWRITER $59.95 plus tax.
SEARS TOY TOWN
MATTEL’S NEW GUERRILLA GUN $2.39
BIG MARX Missle-firing field guns $9.99
Easy Running SEARS tricycles $6.99
SEARS AUTOMATIC WASHERS $139.
MATCHING CLOTHES DRYER $109
MOTOROLA TV $125 (Black and white)
CONSOLE TV $189.95 (b&w)
GIBSON REFRIGERATOR $248.88
CONSUMERS K.C.MARKET
T BONE STEAK 95 Cents a pound
Sliced bacon 45 cents a pound
Pork Chops 43 cents a pound
ALL MADE IN THE USA. Now, plug these into the inflation calculator and see what they would cost today.
No stamps were about 2 cents in the early 50s and 3 cents in late fifties. I remember in the sixties when they became 5 cents.