Forever Stamp-ede: Consumers May Hoard Stamps This Week But Stop Buying Next Year

The price of a First Class stamp will rise from 46 cents to 49 cents next Sunday, January 26. Someone who buys a Forever Stamp this week, for 46 cents, and uses it a month later in place of a normal First Class stamp will save 3 cents and have an annualized return on investment of 113 percent.

Next Sunday’s price increase for First Class letters has two parts. One cent of the increase is the usual, annual inflation-based postage hike. The other two cents are from a temporary “exigent” price increase that is slated to expire within two years.