Effective at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, May 31, 2015, the Postal Service™ First-Class Mail® Forever® Postal Card price will increase to 39 cents and the Global Forever stamp price will increase to $1.20. All Post Offices™, postal retail units, and Stamps by Mail® fulfillment centers must increase the value of each Forever Postal Card/Forever Global Stamp on hand in their inventories prior to opening for business on May 31, 2015. All Forever Postal Card /Forever Global Stamps on hand must be revaluated to the new First-Class Mail prices. POS/RSS offices will receive a software download to automatically revalue the stamps.
The new First-Class Mail Forever Postal Card/Global Stamp prices 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 May 31, 2015, with the old First-Class Mail Forever price, accept the order with the old price and process the transaction as follows:
Note: Do not process Stamps by Mail Forever Postal Card/Global Stamp orders that are mailed after May 31, 2015, with the old price; return the order and payment to the sender advising of the new price.
— Revenue and Field Accounting,
Controller, 5-28-15
