I have some old stamps but don’t know what they’re worth. They have a picture of the Statue of Liberty with an American flag waving in the background (ok everyone, hand on heart and tear in eye :rolleyes: ). Along the left side are the words “FIRST CLASS” reading vertically upwards, and USA in the lower left corner. There are not marked as “forever stamps” and I bought them at least a couple of rate changes ago.
Are stamps marked “first class” not valid whatever the current rate over there? Obviously not, I suppose, or that page wouldn’t exist, but it seems odd to release stamps with no numerical value and then make them invalid after a certain time.
In the UK, stamps marked “1st” and “2nd” are valid whatever the rate at the time.
At the rate postage prices are going up currently, buying sheets of 2nd class stamps is probably a better investment than 99% of the stock market…
The “forever” stamps shown first on that page do remain valid even if rates increase. (I guess valid’s not a great term since you can use prior stamp issues at any time as long as the total value meets/exceeds the required postage cost.)
Doesn’t look like it. That “nondenominated stamp” page from the USPS shows there was a nondenominated 41 cent stamp released day/date with the forever stamp.
There was at least one other one released after that one. The 2007 Xmas stamp was denominated. I hope that they really do stop though. It’s a pain in the ass to have to buy one and two cent stamps to make up the difference when the rate changes plus the PO must have to waste millions of stamps that no one will want to buy anymore.
Rates go up another penny in May but I have a book of Forevers that I just bought.