[raccoonradio]

>>(they were raising the price so often.)

It does seem like it goes up on a regular basis, and I don’t know for sure how it compares with the price of stamps in other countries—other than Canada, which I just checked.
They currently are at 54 cents Cdn. for letters, or 43.4
cents U.S. Similar.

Postal rates over the past few yrs
http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/economics/postal-rates.htm

1971— 8c
1978—15c
1985—22c
1991—29c (”Elvis stamp” time)
1995—32c
2000—34 c
2002—37 c
Jan ‘06—39 c
May ‘07—41 c
May ‘08—42 c
May ‘09—44 c

[Richard Kimball]

It's gone up roughly equal with inflation. With a few exceptions, if you add one zero to the 1960 price of anything, you're looking at the price today. In 1960 a stamp was four cents. Today, 44 cents. Cars, homes and electronics vary because of greater opulence today and discounts because of advancing technology, but for most things I've found it to be true.