You bought a sheet of Forever stamps years ago, right? They were 44 cents back then. Now they’re gold. Literally treasure. A Forever stamp buys you first-class postage forever, even if the price goes up. You can stick a 2010 stamp on a 2026 envelope, and the postal worker will just nod.
It’s the closest thing to a time machine you can buy. If you have a drawer full of them, you are sitting on a financial fortress. Use them now. Thank you, past you.
Price of postage stamps going up soon - stock up now to save money
This is the best financial advice you’ll get all year: Buy more Forever stamps tomorrow. Today, the price is 66 cents. Tomorrow, it’s 68 cents. If you buy 100 now, you just “saved” two whole dollars.
The Quirky History of Stamp Prices
Did you know that the first U.S. stamp cost just 5 cents? That was in 1847. You could mail a letter from New York to San Francisco for a nickel. Of course, it took six weeks by horse, but still. Five cents.
In 1919, a stamp cost 2 cents. In 1958, it was 4 cents. The price didn’t break 10 cents until 1974. That’s when people started getting really mad.
The biggest single-year jump happened in 2026. Stamps went from 60 cents to 63 cents to 66 cents in a single year. Three hikes in twelve months. That’s like getting a paper cut every four months.