With less than a week before the 1-cent price hike in stamps starting on May 12, 2008, the U.S. Postal Service is reporting brisk sales of the Forever Stamp, with sales topping 60 million stamps a day. A First-Class Mail stamp will cost 42-cents starting Monday, but customers can continue to use the Forever […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a postal rate increase just two weeks away, Americans are buying 30 million Forever stamps a day.
The cost of sending a first-class letter will rise a penny to 42 cents on May 12, but the Forever stamps — currently selling for 41 cents — will remain valid for full postage after […]
March 12, 2008
From NPR Morning Edition:
“It’s may now be viewed as snail mail, but the U.S. Postal Service has managed to hit on a winning strategy for selling stamps: Announce an increase in price, then offer a “Forever Stamp” that never goes up. Since its introduction last year, Americans have found the stamp such a […]
The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday.
The price of the Forever stamp will go up at the same time, meaning those stamps can still be purchased for 41 cents but will remain good for first-class postage after the rate increase takes effect.
The […]
Forever Stamps did not win the “Word of the Year” honors from the American Dialect Society, however it did make the the list of new words for 2007, and it showed up on a few of those ubiquitous Top Stories of 2007 lists.
Though one can’t help but think the perpetually redeemable qualities of a Forever […]
Under the new guidelines signed into law by President Bush last December, we may see the next round of postal increases by June 30, 2008. Under the new law, annual increases annual increases are allowed and will be tied to the Consumer Price Index, with rules to be determined by the Postal Regulatory Commission. […]
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There has been a lot of speculation regarding the purchasing motives behind the consumers of Forever Stamps. Are there actually investors hoarding these stamps in hermetically sealed containers, waiting for guaranteed returns down the road? Or are these stamps being consumed in the normal course of business, being bought as […]
The Postal Service is phasing out 22,933 stamp vending machines nationwide. Notices are appearing in post offices all over the country: “THIS VENDING MACHINE WILL BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE.”
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In a program already underway and slated to end in 2010, the USPS will be removing thousands of automated […]
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“The United States Postal Service marked the 75th anniversary of the Purple Heart medal with the dedication of the new Purple Heart stamp at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. It is the third time the stamp has been issued.
During the ceremony two wounded […]
A guy who sounds like Matt Damon puts on a one-man, two-hand act. I’ll give him credit, you never know what could catch on, go viral and secure a reality based show on VH1. Thanks to YouTube, I’m still humming “Chocolate Rain” while watching a looped Jake Brown wipe out at the X-games.
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Forever Stamps were recently featured in a weekend edition of The Wizard of Id comic strip.
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In an Associated Press interview Friday, Postmaster-General John Potter said he expects sales of the forever stamp to jump in the months before any new rate increase, but he added: “We have other stamps that are of keen interest.”
Read the complete article from the Washington Post.
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First day covers, also known as philatelic covers, cachets and FDC’s for short, are collectible envelopes featuring postage stamps cancelled on the same day the stamps were issued. The envelopes are usually decorative and can even be adorned with hand-painted artwork. The USPS usually extends the date to request first day covers, sometimes even by […]