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The war savings stamps introduced during World War II were released in five different denominations – 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, one dollar, and five dollars, all featuring a Minuteman statue. These stamps were purchased at face value and earned no interest.
Some posters provided details of the stamps values, such as:: 155 11 25-cent stamps would pay for one steel helmet; 1 10-cent stamp would provide enough oxygen for one bomber pilot; 2 25-cent stamps would provide the fuel for a destroyer to travel one mile
During World War II, production of new U. S. 3¢ commemorative stamps all but ceased. Among the three issues that appeared in 1942 [43] was the celebrated Win the War stamp, [44] which enjoyed enormously wide use, owing partly to patriotism and partly to the relative unavailability of alternatives.
On September 25, 2013, the USPS announced a 3-cent increase in the First Class postal rate, effective January 26, 2014, increasing the price of a stamp to 49 cents. Bulk mail, periodicals, and package service rates were also increased by 6 percent. A loss of US$5 billion during the 2013 fiscal year was the reason given for the increase.
Though many countries (e.g., Australia) imposed taxes on mail during World War II, regular stamps were used to pay those taxes. One exception was North Borneo, which issued two war tax stamps in February 1941. These were produced by overprinting "WAR TAX" on the 1 and 2 cent values of a 1939 set of regular stamps.
In the United States Postal Savings Stamps were introduced in 1911 and War Savings Stamps were issued during both World Wars. Savings stamps are worth their face amounts; the denominations are $0.10, $0.25, $0.50, $1, and $5. The sale of savings stamps was discontinued on June 30, 1970. Elsewhere