In a recent message Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

Tony Clayton found these unused words:

In a recent message "David French" wrote:


"Peter Baumann" wrote in message
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Alan schrieb:
the zak wrote:
Are "forever" USA postage stamps sold at the current first class mail
price?... how does that work?...
Does that mean it's a more economical consumer choice when buying
stamps for letters?...

These stamps will always be valid for first class postage no matter what price you
pay.

It helps the Post Office because they don't need to print new stamps every time the
rate changers and it helps the consumer who doesn't get stuck with the old rate
stamps and have to buy make up values.

Some people in this group think this I dea will not work :-)

Alan
Dos that also aply to the 1st and 2nd stamps of GB?

Peter

Yes it does - I regularly buy a couple of sheets of 'Non-Value'
stamps when a price increase is announced, so I have enough
to see me through a year or so without paying the increase!

Even the 'E' stamps remain valid for postage to Europe, even
though the issue of 'E' stamps ceased some time ago.

Well ... considering that the price raises are of the order of 2-5% and
you're prepaying the gummint, your loss of interest and tie up of capital
makes it nearly a draw.

Only valid time to buy is the week before announced price increase, and only
what would be a few month's (3-6?) supply.

The 2nd Class went up 12% this month, and the 1st 6%....

When I bought the E stamps they were 30p each. They have gone up 67%
to 50p each in 9 years which is 5.84% per year...which is better than
available interest rates in the period.

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Tony Clayton
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