Forever Stamp Sales Instructions

Effective April 12, 2007, Post Offices™ and postal retail units will begin selling the new Forever Stamp™ at the new 41-cent First-Class Mail^® single-piece 1-ounce price.

The Forever Stamp is intended to reduce the inconve­nience that consumers experience with having to acquire new-price postage or “make-up” stamps (1-cent and 2-cent stamps) for the implementation of new prices. The Forever Stamp will initially be sold at the new First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce letter price — 41 cents. The “value” of the Forever Stamp will always be the First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce letter price that is in effect on the day of use (mailing), unaffected by any subsequent changes. Additional postage will need to be affixed to let­ters weighing in excess of 1 ounce, letters subject to the non-machinable surcharge, or mailpieces subject to another price of postage (e.g., large envelopes or pack­ages).

New individual account identifier codes (AICs) have been set up to report the Forever Stamp sales to corre­spond with the source of the sales transaction:

• AIC 007, Forever Stamp Sales — Window Services. This account is used to record Forever Stamp sales at Post Offices and postal retail units at the window services.
• AIC 011, Forever Stamp Sales — by Internet — Mail — Phone. This account is used to record Forever Stamp sales by Internet, mail and telephone orders.
• AIC 012, Forever Stamp Sales — Vending. This account is used to record Forever Stamp sales at stamp vending machines.
• AIC 014, Forever Stamp Sales — APC. This account is used to record Forever Stamp sales at Automated Postal Centers^® (APCs^®).
• AIC 097, Forever Stamp Sales — Small Post Office Reporting Tool (SPORT) Offices. This account is used to record Forever Stamp sales at Post Offices and postal retail units with SPORT IMD scanner reporting devices.

— Revenue and Field Accounting, Finance, 4-6-07