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 […]
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 […]
For this year’s holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service has issued a series called Holiday Knits, featuring four stamps of what they are calling “classic Christmas-time imagery designed and machine knitted by nationally known illustrator Nancy Stahl: There is a dignified stag; a snow-dappled evergreen tree; a perky snowman sporting a top hat; and a […]
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. […]
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 […]
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On August 16, 2007, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled four new Art of Disney Magic stamps at an official dedication ceremony […]
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.”
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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 […]
In the stamp collecting (philatelic) world, freaks, oddities and errors are desirable. Production mistakes on USPS stamps, such as color shifts and misaligned perforations are rare. Stamp errors, such as the famed inverted “Jenny” airplane airmail stamp, are even rarer.
ForeverStamps.com has obtained a unique sheet of Forever Stamp freak color shifts. With […]
With the recent postal increases and the introduction of the Forever Stamp, there has been a political movement to reissue the Purple Heart Stamp as a Forever Stamp.
Press Release from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s website on May 15, 2007.
Washington, DC - As a new postal rate increase goes into effect, Senators Hillary […]
Be aware that the USPS has only issued one Forever Stamp, and it is the current version displaying the Liberty Bell. In the past few weeks I have noticed some online auctions touting nondenominated (no price) first-class stamps as being the “other Forever Stamp.” This may not be entirely true.
For example, the […]