May 09, 2008 09:22 pm
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By Dustin Shipman
dshipman@joplinglobe.com
On Monday, the price for a single, first-class postage stamp for a one-ounce letter will increase one cent to 42 cents.
While for some people buying stamps might be the last thing they want to do in the face of a rate increase, one particular stamp has been selling briskly in bulk.
Sharron Davis, manager of customer service at the post office at First and Main streets in Joplin, said Forever stamps, which until Monday will cost 41 cents, have been selling well.
“People have been buying those stamps over everything, usually people buy rolls of the flag stamps or books, but since the increase was announced, we have been selling more of the Forever stamps,” Davis said. “People have been buying 500 to 600 stamps at a time.
“They came out last year when we had our last increase. The No. 1 seller in the past was the Elvis stamps, but the Forever stamps have even beaten that.”
Judy Herron, of Joplin, said she and her husband, Floyd, bought several of the Forever stamps on Friday.
“We just ran out of stamps, and we were tired of making the trip to get more and we knew the price was going up, so we just thought we would get enough to last us six months or so,” Herron said.
“We bought 50 books of stamps. It was $410. We usually just buy the rolls of stamps that are around $50, but we go through them in a couple months.”
On Monday, the Forever stamps will still be available for purchase, but they will be sold at the increased rate of 42 cents.
But Davis said the Forever stamps will never expire, remaining good for first-class postage regardless of any other increase that takes place.
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