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Forever Stamps Price Change Instructions for Stamps by Mail Orders

Effective at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, April 10, 2016, the new First-Class Mail® single-piece 1-ounce price is 47 cents. All Post Offices™, postal retail units, and Stamp by Mail® fulfillment centers must decrease the value of each Forever® stamp on hand in their inventories prior to opening for business on April 10, 2016. All Forever First-Class Mail single- piece 1-ounce stamps on hand must be revaluated to the new First-Class Mail price of 47 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 April 10, 2016, with the old First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce price, accept the order with the old price and process the transaction as shown in the table.

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 total difference between the old and new price into AIC 123, Lobby Service Revenue

Note: Do not process Stamps by Mail Forever stamp orders that are mailed after April 10, 2016, 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, 3-31-16




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