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This is wonderful!!! I have been Postcrossing for years and it's so much fun to get a postcard randomly out of the blue from someone. Regrettably the cost to send a postcard international from the USA is over $1 now, and the cost of a postcard means you might be spending around $2 per card, but it's so worth it.

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In the UK it's £3.60, which is nearly $5!

Wowww ok, mea culpa maxima, I should not feel so bad. I would send domestically but the international cards are so much more interesting to me.

The cost varies a lot by country, yeah. It can be more expensive like the UK or cheaper like in Japan ($0.65).

In Denmark, 46DKK ~= $7.15.

Well, if you buy N of these global forever stamps, the cost will just get cheaper over time (inflation).

Since the non-postcrossing Global Forevers are circular and a bit annoying, I use 2 Forever stamps plus a 20¢ stamp (6¢ wasted - i suppose i could switch to 15¢ stamps...).

> if you buy N of these global forever stamps, the cost will just get cheaper over time (inflation).

Not if you buy them today to use later I would think. Since you gave up the $$$ today, it won’t do anything for you anymore even if you don’t buy another stamp again I’d think. Compared to buying a stamp whenever you need one in the future but not tying your cash up until that moment.

Really depends if you would be otherwise investing that money in a way that beats stamp prices. Stamp prices very consistently outpace inflation.

Over the past 5 years, they've beaten:

* VT stock (total world index fund)

* US I-Bonds (inflation-indexed bonds)

* Fed rate for T-Bills / any HYSA

* Any other bonds

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