Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per ½ oz
Card Rate: 1¢
Registry Fee: 10¢
Foreign Rate: 5¢
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1878:
Number 183 - Two Cent Vermilion Jackson - EDU: Aug. 19, 1878 - 547,073,700 issued
Number 184 - Three Cent Green Washington - EDU: July 2, 1878 - about 1.3 billion issued
Number 188 - Ten Cent Brn.-Yellow Brown Jefferson - with secret mark - EDU: Oct. 5, 1878 - about 22 million issued
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