The Importance of the Event. The Boston Tea Party was the key-event for the Revolutionary War. With this act, the colonists started the violent part of the revolution. It was the first try of the colonists, to rebel with violence against their own government. The following events were created by the snowball effect.
Price of a Stamp. The current price of a first class stamp is 49 cents. A domestic first class letter (1 oz.) is 49 cents. The price of each additional ounce is 21 cents. It will cost you 34 cents to send a domestic postcard. Postage Rate Timeline.
Mr. Carr is not entirely correct. The USPS issued a global forever stamp that pays the first class postage for an ordinary letter weighing not more than one ounce to anywhere in the world. This stamp was introduced in 2013 and sold for $1.10, the rate current at that time. Now this stamp will cost you $1.15, but if you buy them now, when the rate increases, they will still be valid for the full postage rate at the time. Albert van Veen, Collector and history hobbyist for 50 years.