[Rainger99]

The current price of a first-class Mail Forever stamp is 60 cents and will go up to 63 cents on Jan. 22, 2023.

Forever Stamps Historical Pricing:
July 10, 2022: $0.60
August 29, 2021: $0.58
January 30, 2019: $0.55
January 23, 2018: $0.50
January 22, 2017: $0.49
April 10, 2016: $0.47
January 26, 2014: $0.49
January 27, 2013: $0.46
January 22, 2012: $0.45
May 11, 2009: $0.44
May 12, 2008: $0.42
April 12, 2007: $0.41

I have probably cut my usage of stamps by 90% in the past 10 years. And 90% of those are used for Christmas cards.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

The current price of a first-class Mail Forever stamp is 60 cents and will go up to 63 cents on Jan. 22, 2023.

Forever Stamps Historical Pricing:
July 10, 2022: $0.60
August 29, 2021: $0.58
January 30, 2019: $0.55
January 23, 2018: $0.50
January 22, 2017: $0.49
April 10, 2016: $0.47
January 26, 2014: $0.49
January 27, 2013: $0.46
January 22, 2012: $0.45
May 11, 2009: $0.44
May 12, 2008: $0.42
April 12, 2007: $0.41

I have probably cut my usage of stamps by 90% in the past 10 years. And 90% of those are used for Christmas cards.

Thanks for the information.

[Stu from NYC]

Will be buying some more most likely

[Michael 61]

I think I’ve used 5 postage stamps in the last 5 years!

[AZ SLIM]

It's a scam.
I bought some forever stamps, and they only lasted a couple of months.

[Arctic Fox]

Useful info, thanks.

I put an international Forever stamp on a birthday card and it came back two months later marked "Scotland not known".

[ThirdOfFive]

I don't know who it was, but whoever came up with that "forever stamp" idea is a genius! I remember the days before its inception. Every time postal rates would be going up it would be announced weeks or months ahead of time, and there was always a lot of opposition. Now, the postal service can raise the rates and few people even know about it.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I don't know who it was, but whoever came up with that "forever stamp" idea is a genius! I remember the days before its inception. Every time postal rates would be going up it would be announced weeks or months ahead of time, and there was always a lot of opposition. Now, the postal service can raise the rates and few people even know about it.

Probably the same guy who invented the "one size fits all" clothing.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

Useful info, thanks.

I put an international Forever stamp on a birthday card and it came back two months later marked "Scotland not known".

Wife went to Paradise Postal Center good few years ago to post a Birthday card to my sister who lives in Germany.
Postal clerk wanted to know where Deutschland was!
Lady made wife write Germany on envelope!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by AZ SLIM

It's a scam.
I bought some forever stamps, and they only lasted a couple of months.

Forever is not as long as it used to be

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Forever is not as long as it used to be

A week may be a long time in politics, but at USPS...

[Blackbird45]

With the internet, direct pay, video calls and text I very rarely use the mail, but even if stamps went up to a dollar it's still worth the price for what it offers. You stick an envelope in a slot and a few days later it shows up where you want it to go.

[jabacon6669]

Thank goodness, for online bill pay. After reading these responses, it appears people are using the USPS less and less. Yet service keeps getting worse and worse. I have no faith in the USPS.

[jojoturf]

USPS can save money by cutting out daily mail delivery to every house in the nation. Don’t need hand delivered junk mail every day!

[Janie123]

$.60 for sending an envelope 3000 miles, probably the best deal anywhere. I also love the daily notifications I receive allowing me to skip the daily drive to the mail boxes if nothing of importance is coming.

Also, in the past 16 months, we relocated from TV to Colorado and back again a few times plus a 4 month move to Jacksonville earlier this year and the USPS switched my delivery every time without a hitch. I even threw in a few mail holds too…