Snail-Mailers of the World, Take Note!
Monday, May 14 is the day for the postage rates to go up once again. Letters, bill payments, and greeting cards will cost 41 cents, up from 39 cents. That's the bad news. The good news is that the United States Postal Service is offering something new, called the Forever Stamp. It will sell at the new 41 cent letter rate, but the cool thing is, you can use these stamps forever! The value will always be the one-ounce letter rate and can be used for any future one-ounce letter mailing without extra postage.
My only question: why didn't someone think of this sooner? I've got so many old stamps with old rates around that I could probably start a collection. If you have old stamps around too and want to start your own collection, check out the library's collection of books on stamp collecting and stamp values.