By the numbers Stamps

2 cents: Amount first-class stamps will increase today (from 42 cents to 44 cents)

2 cents: Cost of postage in 1885.

13: Number of members on the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, which recommends stamp subjects

26: Number of new stamps to be released in 2009

Source: www.usps.com

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