Friday, January 19, 2007

Inflation Proof Postage Stamps: An Investment?

This spring, the United States Postal Service is planning on releasing what it is calling Forever Stamps, which are inflation proof postage stamps that can be used anytime forever for first class one ounce postage, even if rates go up to $1 per ounce or $10 per ounce. So whether you are a small business that does a lot of mass mailouts, a consumer who pays a lot of bills by mail, or even an autograph collector who sends out stamped self addressed envelopes to movie stars and worries about getting a response a year later after rates have gone up and the envelope being returned to the actors, these stamps could be for you. Now if the post office would offer a similar type of postage for bulk rate Forever postal permits, that would be a boon to large businesses.

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