Standard letter postage charge?
 

Can someone tell me the cost of posting a standard letter within Australia, please? (I’ve heard that it’s gone up recently.)

Standard postage is now 50c.

Thanks for the quick reply - I can remember when it was 4 cents!

Its been 45c ever since I got here in '92 so I was not too suprised when it went up.

4c - Hmmmm the oldest fella in our office only remembers 5c stamps.

Sweet Jesus, Fly Boy,

If that's your birthday I had just gone solo at Point Cook with the RAAF when you were popped out!

Can't tell you how much a stamp was though...

All so young.
I remember when it went from 3d. to 31/2d.!
For you youthful baskets, the "d." was the symbol for a penny.:cool:

TTT - Lapun Tru! :D

I remember when a "bottle of cordial" was 4 1/2 d with 3 d deposit back on the bottle! (Late 50's)

And one hour flying training in a Chippie was 4/10/- (early 60's) (can't find the pound symbol!)

And a new Holden cost 800 quid! (1950) :O

And I earned 8/10/- per week - $17 per week. (1961) :mad:

And only 30 years ago beer in PNG was $4.50 per carton! :D

And I started with Junior at TAL on $7,000 per annum! (1973) :}

Torres
30 years ago hmmmm

Dual in a C172 @ $16/hr :rolleyes:

Starting wage $2713 pa on 16 yo junior rates :( $5406 as a 17 yo 'adult' :}

40 years ago
ice creams at 1d each or 3d for the flash ones with vanilla and rasberry icecream wrapped in chocolate and honeycomb chips :rolleyes:
6 potato cakes and a serve of chips for 6d

No wonder we remember them as the good old days :D

You sound like a Young 'un, Cooda! I remember a bob's worth of chips - and that was heaps, all wrapped up in last week's newspaper.

Ho, hum. I guess if we need first hand recolections of really ancient history we need to wait for Gaunty to comment. :} :}

Or nasa, or Blue Heeler .... or Jetstar!

And they thought only young nerdish types would master these new fangled 'pooter thingies!! := :D

I remember a full tank on our Valiant Ute in 1966 was $ 5.00:* :*
and I earned $ 36.00 per week as a Sparky.

(Sigh). Long term memory. Grand ain't it.
Now what the hell was I doing a minute ago.:cool: