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US ‘Forever’ stamp
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:56:50 -0400, Alan wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:12:15 GMT, Alan wrote: Rod wrote: Definition of "forever" Time taken by a room full of monkeys with typewriters to come up with the entire works of Shakespeare ... with no typos ! or the time it takes Tracy to understand the concept !!! I understood it long before the topic was brought up. Let's see you implement it now... Go ahead... We're waiting! Wait no longer :-D Yes, but the "shakeout" will last a while. :^P I can't wait for the first loophole to set in and they renig on the entire project. If not, then well and good. It would be about time that the U.S. did something that "they" didn't create for a change, considering other countries have been using NVIs for a while. WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- You've heard about it. You've read about it. Now see it for the first time. It's the Postal Service's newest consumer innovation -- the Forever stamp. The stamp was previewed today at the National Postal Forum, the premier trade show for advertising, marketing and mailing executives. Featuring the Liberty Bell image and the word "forever," the stamp will be good for mailing one-ounce First-Class letters anytime in the future -- regardless of price changes. The Forever stamp goes on sale April 12 at 41 cents. Customers can begin using the stamp when postage changes May 14. "Who said nothing lasts forever?" remarked Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer John E. Potter in unveiling the image here at the National Postal Forum. "The Forever stamp is a consumer innovation guaranteed to deliver unprecedented convenience and value to our customers. It's good forever." Potter said the Liberty Bell was selected because it resonates as one of the nation's most prominent and recognizable symbols associated with American independence. Research has shown that customers prefer the Forever stamp for the convenience it offers by easing the transition for mailing letters when prices change. When postage changes in the future, it will reduce the need to buy one- and two-cent stamps. Beginning April, 12, the Forever stamp will be available at ATMs in sheetlets of 18, in booklets of 20 through http://www.usps.com/, by calling 1-800-STAMP-24, through Post Office vending machines, at Automated Postal Centers and in Post Office lobbies nationwide. Once prices change May 14, the Forever stamp will remain on sale at the 41-cent First-Class one-ounce letter price until the next price change. The Forever stamp will then be available at the new price. An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to cover its operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail. Website: http://www.usps.com/ |
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US 'Forever' stamp
On Mar 28, 3:00 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:56:50 -0400, Alan wrote: wrote: On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:12:15 GMT, Alan wrote: Rod wrote: Definition of "forever" Time taken by a room full of monkeys with typewriters to come up with the entire works of Shakespeare ... with no typos ! or the time it takes Tracy to understand the concept !!! I understood it long before the topic was brought up. Let's see you implement it now... Go ahead... We're waiting! Wait no longer :-D Yes, but the "shakeout" will last a while. :^P I can't wait for the first loophole to set in and they renig on the entire project. If not, then well and good. It would be about time that the U.S. did something that "they" didn't create for a change, considering other countries have been using NVIs for a while. Practically nothing in the realm of philately did the U.S. create, with other countries being first on self-adhesives, triangles, shaped stamps, forevers, &c., &c., &c. WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- You've heard about it. You've read about it. Now see it for the first time. It's the Postal Service's newest consumer innovation -- theForever stamp. The stamp was previewed today at the National Postal Forum, the premier trade show for advertising, marketing and mailing executives. Featuring the Liberty Bell image and the word "forever," the stamp will be good for mailing one-ounce First-Class letters anytime in the future -- regardless of price changes. TheForever stampgoes on sale April 12 at 41 cents. Customers can begin using the stamp when postage changes May 14. "Who said nothing lasts forever?" remarked Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer John E. Potter in unveiling the image here at the National Postal Forum. "TheForever stampis a consumer innovation guaranteed to deliver unprecedented convenience and value to our customers. It's good forever." Potter said the Liberty Bell was selected because it resonates as one of the nation's most prominent and recognizable symbols associated with American independence. Research has shown that customers prefer theForever stampfor the convenience it offers by easing the transition for mailing letters when prices change. When postage changes in the future, it will reduce the need to buy one- and two-cent stamps. Beginning April, 12, theForever stampwill be available at ATMs in sheetlets of 18, in booklets of 20 throughhttp://www.usps.com/, by calling 1-800-STAMP-24, through Post Office vending machines, at Automated Postal Centers and in Post Office lobbies nationwide. Once prices change May 14, theForever stampwill remain on sale at the 41-cent First-Class one-ounce letter price until the next price change. TheForever stampwill then be available at the new price. An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to cover its operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail. Website:http://www.usps.com/ |
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