If it were a private sector company, the U. Postal Service would rank 29th in the Fortune Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. Skip Top Navigation. End top navigation. Download PDF. Forever Stamps can be used to mail international packages, but the process is a little different than first-class mail. International postage rates continually fluctuate. To use a Forever Stamp, you need to calculate the total rate of your international letter or packages.
Then, you divide it by the current value of first-class mail, and this will give you the number of Forever Stamps you need to put on the package or letter. One misconception that people have is that old stamps expire when the postal rates increase, except for Forever Stamps.
Old stamps are still good and can be used at face value. The only caveat is that you might have to affix more stamps to the envelope until you reach or exceed the current postal rates. This is inconvenient, which is one of the reasons why the Forever Stamp was invented. The stamps you receive will not have this word crossed out. The Postal Service said the price increase was necessary because of rising production costs.
Under law, the price of stamps is not allowed to rise faster than the U. Until the new prices go into effect, customers can buy "Forever Stamps" at the current cent rate. Billions of the Forever Stamps have been sold since being introduced in April , according to the Postal Service. Share this on:.
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