Forever stamps how much worth

The very first forever stamp featured the image of the Liberty Bell. Regardless of how much you pay for a forever stamp, you can use one to send a regular letter no heavier than an ounce forever. So if a stamp was worth 49 cents when you bought it and the price of mailing a letter has since gone up to 55 cents, you can still use that old stamp. Forever stamps are sold in sheets, rolls and booklets of You can buy them in person at your local post office or from the USPS over the phone or online.

Some grocery stores and chain drugstores also sell forever stamps. You can pick some up when you do your food shopping. Use an app that gives you cash back simply for snapping a photo of your grocery receipt , and you might earn enough to buy stamps for a year, depending on the amount of snail-mailing you do. In the fall of , the Postal Service announced it would keep the price of a forever stamp — and the first-class letter rate — at 55 cents for But other first-class mail rates are going up 1.

The changes take effect on Jan. Here are a couple of examples of the price hikes: A letter that's overweight will cost 20 cents for each additional ounce, up from the current 15 cents.

The price of mailing a postcard within the U. Postal officials say in the news release that they believe these new rates will help keep the Postal Service competitive while providing some needed revenue. Within the U. The stamps are always sold at the same price as regular first-class postage.

Your forever stamp will be worth the domestic first-class-mail letter price the day you use it. You might use two or more forever stamps on letters that are weightier or are going to international destinations, but that may not be the best strategy.

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