Forever Stamp Sales Soar Ahead of Postage Hike

Americans are getting ready for the May 12 postage increase by purchasing the Forever Stamp in ever-increasing record numbers. As the latest, but certainly not the last postage increase approaches, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reports selling about 30 million Forever Stamps per day, bringing the total sold to more than 6 billion stamps since they were first offered in April 2007.

Once you purchase a Forever Stamp, it can be used to mail a one-ounce First-Class Mail letter at any time in the future without additional postage, no matter how high the price of postage has become. In other words, customers who buy Forever Stamps now at the current First-Class Mail stamp price of 41 cents will save a penny per stamp used when the price of stamps -- including the Forever Stamp -- increases to 42 cents on May 12. Five years from now, who knows how much a 41 cent Forever Stamp will be saving you?

All Postal Service stamps, including the Forever Stamp, can be ordered online from the Postal Service Store web site.

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