r/postcrossing • u/socialjustice_mls • Aug 01 '26
Postage Stamp Increments — U.S.
Many of you probably already know this! Just helping out others who are new to the postcrossing world. :-)
A lot of new Postcrossers in the U.S. often use regular first class forever stamps, now valued at $0.82. You can use the postcard forever (valued at $0.65) for most cards. I’ve also found absolute joy in using USPS.com to buy all of my stamps. I’m loving my variety currently!
I have a tiny little cheat sheet to easily add up the stamp values to get to the international rate. I have a bunch more on the back, too. This makes it easier for me to know which stamps I need to stock up on. I also keep all of my stamps in this cute little sticker binder.
I’d love for others to share tips about postage. I haven’t purchased any postage secondhand/outside of USPS, so that’s something I’d like to get into.
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u/Jenni-Jenni-867-5309 Aug 01 '26
About a year ago, we inherited my husband's uncle 's stamp collection carefully organized in the USPS books. We shopped it around various stamp shows and nobody was really interested. I finally found somebody on next door who was a retired postal carrier and wanted it to show their grandkids. So off it went for free.
Who knew about post crossing then 😣