WHY can't they have an increase that makes the price of a stamp evenly divisible by a nickel?
So, buy 5 of them.
Problem solved.
And how about providing stamps with functional rates that remain through rate hikes (i.e. if you buy a 1oz First Class stamp today, it will always remain valid and sufficient as First Class postage for a 1oz item, on the basis that the interest on the float should in general outweigh inflation).
To be sure, this would cause a spike in stamp purchases immediately before a rate increase, but would this really be a bad thing for the USPS?
The more they charge, the fewer people use stamps, the more they charge. . . Soon, we'll figure out how to do all communications via Internet, nooone will by the one stamp for sale and it'll be priced $50Billion. Morons....