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And continuing that great stamp conspiracy of not putting the value on the stamp so i have to spend ten minutes on google trying to figure out how many i need. Eventually i give up and just plaster the envelope with stamps. They win again. By the time i next have to mail something to my great aunt ive totally forgotten about the last and repeat the cycle. I must overspend at least a dollar or two each year on this scam.

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I... I'm confused. They're permanent stamps. They always have the correct value.

Weight. Not all things require the same number of stamps.

Yes. But it takes one of those stamps to send a regular letter. No matter if the price changes. No conspiracy here. Don't use letter mail postage for parcel mail.

Sure, but all weights require the same number or permanent or forever stamps, regardless of when said stamp was purchased. The value of the stamps are now always base postage, regardless of when said stamp was purchased; hence why they don't place the value on them: it isn't fixed.

In the us I want to say it's nominally 1 (forever) stamp per oz.

That’s not how you’re supposed to use the amazing thing that are permanent stamps. You should just take your larger packages to the post office is this is so hard on you.

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