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Reminder: First class stamps are now 42 cents. Get new one penny stamps, unless you already got "first-class forever" stamps. Or just use email.
posted by LAGuy @ 3:43 PM
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Here's something I haven't been able to learn: Is the "Forever" stamp worth 42 cents in all situations?
For example, if I am mailing a parcel in the "Media Mail" category, and the postage on it is $8.40, can I pay the postage using twenty Forever stamps?
The stamp itself just says "First Class Postage" -- not "cash value equal to the current first class postage". So the answer might be no. However, I have verified that if I am mailing something first class that requires extra postage because it's over an ounce, I can put on extra Forever stamps and the post office doesn't object.
Why would they object when the second ounce only requires 17 cents more?
My point is that there must be some number of ounces whose postage is exactly 42x cents. Can I use x Forever stamps for that postage?
In general, when a odd-shaped package shows up at the post office, with several stamps on it (of varying denominations), and the post office person has to add up the values of all these stamps and determine whether the postage is sufficient for this odd-shaped package, are Forever stamps treated as equal to the cash value of whatever first-class postage is today?
Or is it like getting a coupon for One Free Cheeseburger at McDonalds? Such a coupon will get me a free cheeseburger, even if the price goes up... but I can't combine several such coupons to get a Big Mac.
The stamp says "First Class Postage". It doesn't say that it's good for any other form of postage. Whereas a stamp that actually says "42 cents" can be used for any kind of postage.
Nice try, but they've closed that loophole. This is is the only use for them (from the USPS press release): "The Forever Stamp, as the name suggests, can be used to mail a one-ounce First-Class Mail letter at any time in the future without additional postage..."
The press release doesn't actually address my question. It says they are good for first-class one-ounce postage, but it does not say that they are not good for other uses.
And as I mentioned, I have in fact mailed a two-ounce first-class letter with two Forever stamps. This is a case not explicitly listed in their press release, and yet it works.
I did a bit more surfing, and found this USPS page and this USPS email that say that Forever stamps can be used for any postage, but also this USPS page that says that they can only be used "only for single-piece price mail", whatever that means.
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