craftgranny
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Post by craftgranny on Jul 23, 2021 17:29:38 GMT
Just saw that the rate for first class mail in the USA is increasing from 55 cents to 58 cents August 29 2021! Get your forever stamps now!
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Post by CardBoxer on Jul 23, 2021 17:48:43 GMT
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Post by kiera on Jul 23, 2021 17:53:15 GMT
Yup, and international stamps will increase to $1.30. I understand that for a letter... but I wish international postcard rates weren't the same. They used to be cheaper! I use them all the time for Postcrossing so will have to note the date in my planner.
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lindas
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Post by lindas on Jul 23, 2021 18:02:55 GMT
Thanks for the reminder. Being a big Baltimore Ravens fan I had to get a few sheets of the Raven Story and picked up a couple of Christmas sheets too.
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Post by don on Jul 23, 2021 18:48:54 GMT
If you have a "philately store" near you, you can sometimes find stamps for less than face value. The stamps are center parts of a sheet of stamps that are less collectable.
Today I went to the stamp collector store and paid $15.40 for 40 forever stamps issued in 2017, the rate was 49¢, my cost was 38.5¢.
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Post by CardBoxer on Jul 23, 2021 19:14:27 GMT
Yup, and international stamps will increase to $1.30. I understand that for a letter... but I wish international postcard rates weren't the same. They used to be cheaper! I use them all the time for Postcrossing so will have to note the date in my planner. I’d never heard of Postcrossing but googled it and it seems so neat! Have you been doing it for a while? Do you decorate postcards or buy them? I’d love to hear more, or if this is too OT, on a different thread. It reminds me of a million years ago when my brother was a ham radio operator. He’d talk to people all over the world, and afterwards they’d send each other postcards. They all had pre-printed postcards with their call letters in large fonts. |
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Post by Restless Spirit on Jul 23, 2021 21:03:08 GMT
That’s a big jump for the international. I knew the domestic was going up and just went to Costco today to get stamps for the Christmas card exchange. Now I need to remember to order some for the international Refupeas birthday and Christmas cards.
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azcrafty
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Post by azcrafty on Jul 23, 2021 21:09:22 GMT
Thank you for the heads up.
I have to go and get stamps for the Christmas card exchange and personal Christmas cards.
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Post by joblackford on Jul 23, 2021 21:32:22 GMT
Yup, and international stamps will increase to $1.30. I understand that for a letter... but I wish international postcard rates weren't the same. They used to be cheaper! I use them all the time for Postcrossing so will have to note the date in my planner. Ugh, yes! and I can’t understand why Canada and NZ have the same cost. Canada is just RIGHT THERE! Grab yourself some of the round global stamps now though. They’re forever stamps too so if you stock up you can keep paying the current rate for a while longer, or even a lot longer if you can afford to really stock up. They have regular and Christmas ones online and the shipping cost is low. International rates haven’t increased for a few years -in fact I believe they went down last time they changed (if I remember correctly) so a 10% increase isn’t surprising. |
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 24, 2021 1:48:03 GMT
Thanks for the heads up. I need to mail a package, and I would not normally get more forever stamps, but now I will.
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Post by kiera on Jul 24, 2021 4:32:42 GMT
Yup, and international stamps will increase to $1.30. I understand that for a letter... but I wish international postcard rates weren't the same. They used to be cheaper! I use them all the time for Postcrossing so will have to note the date in my planner. Ugh, yes! and I can’t understand why Canada and NZ have the same cost. Canada is just RIGHT THERE! Grab yourself some of the round global stamps now though. They’re forever stamps too so if you stock up you can keep paying the current rate for a while longer, or even a lot longer if you can afford to really stock up. They have regular and Christmas ones online and the shipping cost is low. International rates haven’t increased for a few years -in fact I believe they went down last time they changed (if I remember correctly) so a 10% increase isn’t surprising. Oh I've been a Postcrosser for nearly 10 years, I know the drill  but thank you! It's good info! |
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Post by kiera on Jul 24, 2021 4:34:00 GMT
Yup, and international stamps will increase to $1.30. I understand that for a letter... but I wish international postcard rates weren't the same. They used to be cheaper! I use them all the time for Postcrossing so will have to note the date in my planner. I’d never heard of Postcrossing but googled it and it seems so neat! Have you been doing it for a while? Do you decorate postcards or buy them? I’d love to hear more, or if this is too OT, on a different thread. It reminds me of a million years ago when my brother was a ham radio operator. He’d talk to people all over the world, and afterwards they’d send each other postcards. They all had pre-printed postcards with their call letters in large fonts. It's so much fun! I will start a new thread in case the discussion takes over this one |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 26, 2021 1:18:17 GMT
I ordered a bunch of cool stamps today, probably more than I need, but I will use them eventually. I got the chrysanthemum and poinsettia global ones, and sun science, Halloween, and raven (preorder) ones. I think that was all of them. I already have the coffee ones.
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nicolep
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Post by nicolep on Oct 2, 2021 15:33:29 GMT
If you have a "philately store" near you, you can sometimes find stamps for less than face value. The stamps are center parts of a sheet of stamps that are less collectable. Today I went to the stamp collector store and paid $15.40 for 40 forever stamps issued in 2017, the rate was 49¢, my cost was 38.5¢. I sent you a private message. |
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but thank you! It's good info!