Wasn’t the basic idea of a ‘Forever’ stamp that it would always stay at that price?
I guess noting lasts forever, not even a Forever Stamp.
That’s like saying something is ‘Temporarily permanent’.
The basic idea was that a forever stamp would be valid on a first class letter. You could mail a letter with a forever stamp from 5 years ago and it would still go through.
Yes and no. Any Forever stamps that you have, can be used no matter what the increase may be. (in other words, you don’t have to add more postage if the price goes up)
But if you run out of Forever stamps and have to buy more, then you have to pay the new price for the new stamps.
Btw - I believe all 1st class stamps are Forever stamps.
Oh for gods sake. Help me to be patient with this person. You buy forever stamps at current price and even ten years from now, it will be 66 cents and not the price in ten years.
No. Once you buy the FOREVER stamp, it has the value to mail the same things forever. The stamp will not have a dollar value marked on it although it will always have the value of a one ounce first class mailing. It remains contemporary.
So...you can buy a bunch of FOREVER stamps before the cost goes up and save 5.4% over purchasing the same stamps next month.
“Wasn’t the basic idea of a ‘Forever’ stamp that it would always stay at that price?”
No. It was that no matter when you purchased it you could use it to mail a First Class letter no matter what the current price for a stamp is.
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