[ClearCase_guy]

In other words, stamps are now a hedge against inflation and will retain their value no matter what happens to the economy. They are as good as gold.

[Gadsden1st]

If you are willing to take a piece of paper with the promise of the government on it over gold.....good luck!

[basil]

Actually, it seems to me that they can change the price of the stamp, but not have to change the face of it, and it will still be a “forever” stamp.

[Nip]

Yes, and the only remaining restraint (the cost of printing a new denomination stamps) is gone.

I had German Air Mail and surface mail stamps from the early 1930s with black over stamps that were used to keep up with their hyperinlaction. The highest one was a 10 Mark stamp with a 1,000,000 Mark over stamp.

Are we officially headed in the same direction?

[ml/nj]

Well, not really.

The Post Office has a nasty habit of redefining a typical envelope. Things that used to go for the standard first-class rate now cost more than double that rate. (E.g. a 5x7 flat envelope with a cardbord stiffener inside.)

ML/NJ

[listenhillary]

Can I buy vodka with them?

[blam]

"In other words, stamps are now a hedge against inflation and will retain their value no matter what happens to the economy. They are as good as gold."

Think about it...it's just a loan to the postal department. They're (USPS) spending tomorrow's money today.