Forever Stamp holders, try not to gloat.
Those of us less shrewd who paid for books and rolls of 42-cent stamps will be stuck trying to scare up the two-cent difference.
The reason? The price of a first-class stamp goes up to 44 cents today.
Forever Stamps were available from the U.S. Postal Service, illustrated with a Liberty Bell, for the going rate - either 39 cents or 42 cents since 2007.
”Forever Stamps are good for as long as you need,” said Maureen Marion, a USPS spokeswoman for New England. “Buy it today, use it two years from now. You don't even have to ask how much this is worth. It's designed for the customer to skip the trip to the post office the next time the rates change.”
