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• JoshC
  May 14th, 2007 at 11:25 am

  Sometimes when I am sending larger packages I will figure out how much it costs (e.g. $0.88) and then put enough stamps on it to pay for it. May I do this with a forever stamp?

  Lets say I bought 2 forever stamps at the rate of $0.41 and two year later it moves to $0.44. Two and half years later I then ship an over-sized letter costing $0.88. May I use two forever stamps? Or do the stamps only work on regular first class sized letters?

• admin
  May 14th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

  That’s a good question Josh. Forever Stamps are nondenominated, meaning the price is not printed on the face of the stamp. Nondenominated or “G” stamps are normally issued in transition periods when stamps are printed before the new rate is known. The USPS has a guide where they list the denomination (value) of these stamps at this link. Denominated stamps, such as 2 cents, 3 cents, 41 cents, etc. are always worth face value.

  An oversized letter, let’s say more than one-quarter of an inch thick, currently costs 80 cents for the first ounce and 17 cents for each additional ounce. You can affix any combination of denominated or nondenominated stamps as long as the value of these stamps meets or exceeds the current price schedule. The USPS states that the denominational value of the Forever Stamp is the “current first-class rate.”

  To be more precise, a Forever Stamp’s denomination is always the prevailing domestic first-class single-piece one-ounce letter rate that is in effect on the day of use (mailing). If you purchase a 41 cent Forever Stamp now and in a few years time the price of first-class postage is 44 cents, you can value a Forever Stamp as having a denomination of 44 cents. According to the USPS, nondenominated stamps (except for those that bear unique markings, such as First-Class Presort, Nonprofit Org.) may be even be affixed to items that are sent to foreign countries.

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