Do USPS stamps expire?

[Anonymous]

I was looking through an old address book of mine and found a whole book of Xmas stamps... only they were .37 stamps. Can I still use them? Obviously I would have to put two of these on the envelope.

TIA

[Anonymous]

Are they forever stamps? Forever stamps last forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they forever stamps? Forever stamps last forever.

you sound smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was looking through an old address book of mine and found a whole book of Xmas stamps... only they were .37 stamps. Can I still use them? Obviously I would have to put two of these on the envelope.

TIA

You can still use them.

[Anonymous]

Yes, they are still valid, for 37 cents. So add more postage to get it up to 49 cents.

[Anonymous]

They do not expire, but if they are not forever stamps, you will have to put enough on to meet current postage rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They do not expire, but if they are not forever stamps, you will have to put enough on to meet current postage rates.

Which is exactly what OP described doing so many geniuses on this thread

[Anonymous]

People are just trying to be helpful bc OP clearly...needs the help

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They do not expire, but if they are not forever stamps, you will have to put enough on to meet current postage rates.

Which is exactly what OP described doing so many geniuses on this thread

No, OP described putting two 37-cent stamps on mail that only needs 49 cents. My frugal accountant father demands that I tell her that she can still use them, but that she doesn’t need to use two of them per envelope.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks, everyone. They are not Forever stamps... I don't think those show value on them, do they?

So I guess I will just use two of these "vintage" Xmas stamps on my cards this year. They are cute... like gingerbread men, angels, Santa, etc. They must be from at least 7-8 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They do not expire, but if they are not forever stamps, you will have to put enough on to meet current postage rates.

Which is exactly what OP described doing so many geniuses on this thread

No, OP described putting two 37-cent stamps on mail that only needs 49 cents. My frugal accountant father demands that I tell her that she can still use them, but that she doesn’t need to use two of them per envelope.

OP here. Well, I'm not gonna go out and get 12 cent stamps to make it exact. I'm just glad I found these stamps so my long ago purchase didn't turn out to be a total loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they forever stamps? Forever stamps last forever.

Forever stamps may or may not last forever, but there purpose is to lock in the price at the day of purchase. For example, if you paid 40 cents for a forever stamp and the rate rose to the current 49 cents, you would not have to add 9 cents in postage to use the stamp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks, everyone. They are not Forever stamps... I don't think those show value on them, do they?

So I guess I will just use two of these "vintage" Xmas stamps on my cards this year. They are cute... like gingerbread men, angels, Santa, etc. They must be from at least 7-8 years ago.

Don't use two stamps, just go to the post office and get enough 12 cent stamps, so that you use one vintage 37 cent stamp and one current 12 cent stamp.

[Anonymous]

This thread has the potential to become legendary.

Keep arguing over 12 cents in the land where 300K HHI is just getting by!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks, everyone. They are not Forever stamps... I don't think those show value on them, do they?

So I guess I will just use two of these "vintage" Xmas stamps on my cards this year. They are cute... like gingerbread men, angels, Santa, etc. They must be from at least 7-8 years ago.

Don't use two stamps, just go to the post office and get enough 12 cent stamps, so that you use one vintage 37 cent stamp and one current 12 cent stamp.

I would do this. But then I wouldn’t use them for Christmas cards, I would use them for other random mail.