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By Charles Apple
The Spokesman-Review
Perhaps 55 cents to mail a typical letter seems like a lot of money to you. Perhaps it doesn’t. Either way, when you adjust for inflation, the price of a first-class stamp hasn’t really changed that much over the past half-century.
Sources:
U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Inflation Calculator