If you use the postal service, it will cost you $0.41 for first class mail beginning on May 14th. The good news? You will be able to buy a “forever” stamp. The new “forever” stamp will be able to used for first class postage…forever.
The “forever” stamp will not be available in rolls (to discourage businesses from using it), nor will postage meters be able to use it. But you will be able to buy books and sheets of the stamp.
Being the cynic that I am, let’s move forward to June 2009, when the Postal Service governors raise the postage rate to $0.43, effective on August 1, 2009. Do you think there will be a sudden shortage of “forever” stamps at that time?