Show letter postage I 1 I 1 the act of march 3 fixed the standard maximum weight foi or the single rate rale of letter postage at one halt balf ounce and the rate of postage ou on domestic letters not ex reeding one half ounce weight at 3 cents with 3 cents additional for each additional one half ounce or traction fraction thereof to be prepaid by a postage stamp affixed this was the first law which bibich established a uniform rate of postage regardless of 0 distance transmitted the act of march 3 1883 reduced the postage rate on arst class clasa mail matter to 2 cents cente a one half ounce on and after october aj I 1 1883 the act of march 3 1885 provided for 2 cents for each ounce or traction fraction thereof |