Postage Stamps of the United States - 1877

Politics



President
Jan. 1 - Mar. 3
Ulysses S. Grant
Mar. 3 - Dec. 31
Rutherford B. Hayes

Postmaster General
Jan. 1 - Mar. 11
James N. Tyner
Mar. 12 - Dec. 31
David M. Key

Music



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1877 "In The Gloaming Mother Darling"

Postage Rate


Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per ½ oz

Card Rate: 1¢

Registry Fee: 10¢

Foreign Rate: 5¢

Stamps

Presidents: Jan. 1 - Mar. 3: Ulysses S. Grant Mar. 3 - Dec. 31: Rutherford B. Hayes
Postmasters General: Jan. 1 - Mar. 11: James N. Tyner Mar. 12 - Dec. 31: David M. Key
Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per 1/2 oz. Card Rate: 1¢ Registry Fee: 10¢ Foreign Rate: 5¢

No new varieties of U.S. regular issue stamps were issued in 1877

Commemoratives: The first Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893
Special Delivery: The first Special Delivery stamps were not issued until 1885
Postage Dues: The first Postage Due Stamps were not issued until 1879

see also: Designs of the 1870-1888 Regular Issues