Ready for a "forever" postage stamp?

I think the real question now is which A2Ker will have his/her avatar as the model of this permanent stamp.

Suggestions?

For the casual user, there may be some benefit, but nothing that would make it feasible to put out a lot of cash. The only ones who would benefit is the post office, who would have all the money from the stamps that are not being currently used, in the meantime, to invest. I understand though, that there will be limits as to how many stamps could be bought, so for big users of postage, like large companies, there would not be much of an advantage.

I'll just keep buying my stamps, one book at a time. Or, maybe if I am feeling really frisky, I'll buy a roll of 100 stamps. It will probably last me for years!

Really large mailers are already using postal meters. That is a tread which is not going to decline. Really, doesn't licking a piece of gummed paper and physically sticking it on an envelope seem a bit antiquated?

It's definitely antiquated. Todays stamps are all "press on" stamps. No licking required.

Quibbler.

bm

For some 35 years my mom was in the stamp and coin business. It was a sinecure for her but without a lot of financial reward. She sat in her little perch looking out over Main Street. And there would be this regular bunch of folks who would come in over their lunch hours and they would solve all of the world's problems. Sometimes the UVA students coming into my art supply store would stop and chat with her. She liked that, particularly when she got into her mid and late 70's. The exuberance of youth.
When she took ill and died one of her friends helped me get rid of her inventory of numismatic and philatelic material. The good stuff went to auction houses. But I still have a huge box filled with postage stamps that have no value to collectors but can still be used to mail letters. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 cent stamps. 10 and 13, 15 and 18 cent stamps.
I like them because they actually commemorated some event or some activity of significance. Not like the stamps that are being issued today. And many of them are pretty.
If any of yall would like some of them, let me know. Be aware that some assembly is required. For example, to get to 41 cents you would need to lick an 18 + a 13 + a 10.

Nice, too bad I'm a Canuck!

Blimey!

We've had these style stamps for YEARS!

It doesn't matter when it is used, because when it was purchased it was the going rate for a first class stamp AT THAT TIME.

Inflation makes no difference here because it is still being used to only send a first class letter, and if you paid for the stamp three years ago it means that the Postal Service has been investing your money for three years, so it all evens out in the end.

Simple pimple, really.



Here is a Christmas one..........(enlarged, of course)

Usually, they are just plain gold, with the Queen's profile in one corner, and "1st" in the other.

Sme in France: they've got it since .... 15, 20 years (?)

The French stamps have a profile of our Queen in one corner?



(is there a picture of a guillotine behind her, maybe?)

Just ... Marianne on it, if I remember correctly.

We started things off in 1989, apparently.

.....From Wikipedia....

United Kingdom

......."Non-denominated postage was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1989 for domestic mail partly as a workaround to the problem of fast-changing rates. In 1995, the Universal Postal Union approved their use on international mail. The Post Office issued "non-value indicated" (NVI) Machins using textual inscriptions "1ST" and "2ND" to indicate class of service rather than a numeric value. It has since then introduced a number of variations including those for worldwide and European use, for different weights and for postcards........"

France started in 1980, and they are in general use since 1990.

Cool.

5574/42141/100

(5 574 / 42 141) / 100 = 0.00132270236

That's really pretty cool. :wink:

Math rocks!

I thought it was an encryption. No wonder I couldn't decipher it with my Little Orphan Annie decoder ring.

canada issued "forever" a postage stamp in the 1980's - called A stamp , but also continued to issue regular stamps .
in december 2006 a new "forever" stamp was issued .
hbg