.....this Sunday, January 22 stamp prices go up.....


2023 stamp price increases are about to kick in

.....The price of sending a piece of mail is about to go up. The United States Postal Service is set to increase the cost of postage to cope with the rising cost of operations.

Starting Sunday, Jan. 22, the USPS plans to increase prices of some postage by 4.2%, which generally amounts to a few cents per stamp.

The cost of a Forever stamp would go up 3 cents, from 60 cents to 63 cents – the third price hike in about a year.

Forever stamps, regardless of when they are purchased, will be accepted in perpetuity – hence the name. That means if you have some already, even if you bought them at a lower price, they will still be accepted to mail letters next year and the year after that. It also means you can buy stamps in bulk now to avoid paying more after Jan. 22.

See more details on the 2023 price changes below:


The USPS is also increasing the cost of sending Priority Mail by about 5.5%. Priority Mail Express will get 6.6% more expensive, and First-Class Package Service prices are set to increase by 7.8%. Priority Mail commercial rates will bump up about 3.6%.

At the same time, the cost of some Priority Mail shipping materials, including flat-rate envelopes and boxes, will go down. Using a flat-rate box or envelope lets you send a package of up to 70 pounds to any U.S. state for a flat fee.

The USPS points out that most its price hikes are “well below the rate of inflation.”
The price for two other shipping services, Parcel Select Ground and USPS Connect Local, will remain unchanged, the Postal Service says.......



......another.......USPS increase................................?!

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2023 10:34PM by NewtonMP2100.

Still a bargain.

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FYI, ebay sellers sell coils of 100 at substantial discount. I don't know how, but they do it a lot so there is some legit angle.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/18/2023 01:27PM by Acer.

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FYI, ebay sellers sell coils of 100 at substantial discount. I don't know how, but they do it a lot so there is some legit angle.

Nope, not legit. 100% Chinese counterfeits.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/18/2023 10:13AM by tronnei.

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FYI, ebay sellers sell coils of 100 at substantial discount. I don't know how, but they do it a lot so there is some legit angle.

Nope, not legit. 100% Chinese counterfeits.

[www.valueaddedresource.net]

Yep, same thing with all the "deals" on Facebook.

As a stamp collector, I can buy tons of unused stamps anywhere from 50-70% of face value. Sometimes even less. Just have to use a few stamps to get up to the current first class rate. It was easy when the rate was $0.58. I had a bunch of $0.29 stamps and would just use two. Now I have to add a third stamp. But I have tons of 2,3,4 and 5 cent stamps too.

As a stamp collector, I can buy tons of unused stamps anywhere from 50-70% of face value. Sometimes even less.


There's a good and bad to that.

Collectors can collect for their whole lives, and when it's time to sell the collection, they get a fraction of what they paid, even though the stamps are worth at least face value, unless there's a real gem or two.

Often, it's the wife trying to sell a collection after the husband has passed.

I imagine the same is true for coin collectors and collections, on both counts.


Anybody buying a metric tonne of Forever stamps when they first sold would be way ahead of the game.

Ok, maybe not a tonne.

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