When does the increase in postage stamp price go into effect?”
Starting today, May 11, the price of stamps increases from 42 cents to 44 cents. For the third year in a row the Post Office has had to increase the price of postage and other mailing services to combat decreasing revenue due to people switching to online payments for bills and an overall decline in marketing-related mail (catalogs, junk mail, promotional mail, etc). However, if you invested in the Forever stamp (shown below), then you don’t have to worry about buying those pesky 1 cent stamps to make up the postage difference. You’ll notice the Forever stamp doesn’t have a value assigned to it, so this type of postage can be used–even if you purchased it at the 42 cent price.
A postage stamp is adhesive paper evidence of a fee paid for postal services. Usually a small rectangle attached to an envelope, the stamp signifies the person sending it has fully or partly paid for delivery. Postage stamps are the most popular way of paying for retail mail; alternatives include prepaid-postage envelopes and postage meters. The study of postage stamps is philately. Stamp collecting is the hobby of collecting stamps. History The Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp Although James Chalmers and Lovrenc Košir lay claim to the concept of the postage stamp, postage stamps were first introduced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1, 1840 as part of postal reforms promoted by Rowland Hill. With its introduction the postage fee was to be paid by the sender and not the recipient, though sending mail prepaid was not a requirement. The first stamp, the Penny Black, put on sale on 1 May, was valid from 6 May, 1840; two days later came the Two pence bl
