The cost of buying a “Forever”stamp to mail a first-class letter will return to being 49 cents on Sunday. That’s up from 47 cents, where it had been since April.
The U-S Postal Service says the last increase came in January 2014, when it went from 47 cents to 49 cents.Then last April, the Postal Regulatory Commission ordered the USPS to drop its prices for the first time in 97 years.
The Postmaster protested back then, saying the price cut would greatly affect the postal service’s bottom line. Now that the price is going back up, the cost of mailing postcards or sending letters to other countries won’t be affected.
By the way, the word “forever” refers to when it can be stuck on an envelope and mailed off, not how long it’s cost a certain amount.
