Link to "Forever Stamp Stock Revaluation Instructions" Link to contents for "Organization Information"      Link to "Instructions for Payments Mailed Before January 27, 2013, Price Change"

Forever Stamps Price Change Instructions for Stamps by Mail Orders

The Postal Service’s™ new First-Class Mail® single-piece 1-ounce price is 46-cents, effective at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, January 27, 2013. All Post Offices™, postal retail units, and Stamp by Mail fulfillment centers must increase the value of each Forever® Stamp on hand in their inventories prior to opening for business on January 27, 2013. All Forever Stamps on hand must be revaluated to the new First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce price of 46-cents each.

The new First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce price may affect Stamps by Mail® Forever Stamp orders that are in transit. If a Stamps by Mail Forever Stamp order is mailed (postmarked) or the order form and check are dated before January 27, 2013, with the old First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce price, accept the order with the old price and process the transaction as follows:

 

Type of Stamp

New Price

Offset the Difference

Forever Stamp booklet

Enter the new price for the Forever Stamp sale into AIC 011, Forever Stamp Sales — by Internet-Mail-Phone.

Enter the difference into AIC 553, Refund of Postage and Fees

Note: Do not process Stamps by Mail Forever Stamp orders that are mailed after January 27, 2013, with the old price; return the order and payment to the sender advising of the new First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce price.

— Revenue and Field Accounting,
Controller, 12-27-12




Link to "Forever Stamp Stock Revaluation Instructions" Link to contents for "Organization Information"      Link to "Instructions for Payments Mailed Before January 27, 2013, Price Change"