As the cost of mailing a domestic letter increased for the first time in more than two years this week, many thought back to the days when it cost a little more than a few pennies to mail a written correspondence.

Here's what some of our Facebook fans wrote on the Manassas Patch page on Monday.

"I think I remember 12 cent stamps—am I OLD or what?"-Cindy Wayland

"I remember eight cents!"-Jody Schaffner-Swiech

"I think it's crazy that it keeps going up."-Chrissi Blasius

"I can remember 5 cents I believe...I can even picture the stamp. I am a stamp collector and have been an avid letter writer since my pre-teen years. I will never give up postal letter/note/card writing no matter how expensive stamps get." -Cindy Jones Clements

What's the lowest price your remember? Tell us in the comments under this story.

The cost never went above 3 cents, for the first 69 years of the U.S. Postal Service. The rate hit 4 cents on Aug. 4 1958, according to U.S. Postal Service historical data.

Here is a breakdown of the stamp cost increases over the past 50 years.

Read more about the history of the U.S. Postal Service in the PDF pamphlet attached to the right of this article.