A postage price increase goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, May 12. That means you have less than 2 weeks to stock up on the Forever stamps, which you can still buy for 41 cents and which will remain valid for full postage even after the price increase goes into effect. I saw a statistic which estimated Americans are buying 30 billion Forever stamps a day in anticipation of the increase. That’s a lot of letters.

For more information on the price increase, visit www.usps.com/prices.

Here’s some of the new postage prices:

First-Class Mail letter (1 oz.)	$0.42
First-Class Mail letter (2 oz.)	$0.59
Postcard	$0.27
First-Class Mail large envelope (2 oz.)	$1.00
Certified Mail	$2.70
First-Class Mail International to Canada and Mexico (1 oz.)	$0.72
First-Class Mail International to all other countries (1 oz.)	$0.94

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