Forever stamp

A Forever stamp is a United States Postal Service postage stamp sold at the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate and remaining valid for that service even after rates rise. First issued in 2007, Forever stamps are a notable commercial use of "forever" as a guarantee of continued usefulness rather than literal eternity.

Notability

Coverage in mainstream business and postal reporting treats Forever stamps as a consumer product innovation in postage. Foreverpedia includes them as a cultural example of branded Permanence adjacent to archival meanings of the word.

See also

• Permanence
• Ephemera

Sources

• United States Postal Service product history.
• Contemporary news coverage of the 2007 introduction and later rate changes.