[Dx-qsl] Re: Postal Service seeks price increase, 'forever stamp'

[Graham Ridgeway]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:30:08 -0500, Alfred J Cammarata
<alitalian39 at juno.com> wrote:

>Below FYI  73 Al w3awu
>
>> Postal Service seeks price increase, 'forever stamp'
>> Updated 5/3/2006 11:36 PM ETE-mail | Save | Print | Reprints & 
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>> 
>> By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY
>> Oh, no, not again.
>> Yes, again. The U.S. Postal Service, which raised the price of a 
>> first-class camp to 39 cents in January, wants to boost it again - to
>42 cents.
>> But this time, there's a twist. As early as next spring, if the 
>> Postal  Service has its way, you could buy a roll of 42-cent "forever 
>> stamps" that  would remain valid for, well, forever.

This sounds very much like the UK's 1st and 2nd class stamps [labelled
as such, rather than with a price [currebtly 32p and 23p]

If I buy one today - I can use it in ten years time - regardless of
what the 'real' rate of postage is then.

However - while I could buy 1,000 today at 32p, which would last me a
fair while........If I bought them in April [after the next price
increase] they would cost me 34p - as you will always pay the 'current
rate'.

For those willing to 'invest' they make a certain amount of sense.

I usually buy a sheet of 1st class during the week prior to any
increase <smile>


73 Graham M5AAV