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> Nearly all U.S. stamps issued since World War II don’t have value. Can you elaborate? I don't know what this means, and other commenters seem confused as wel
by crazygringo 2y ago
> Nearly all U.S. stamps issued since World War II don’t have value.
Can you elaborate? I don't know what this means, and other commenters seem confused as well.
From your description, it sounds like they very much have value -- 60–75% as you say.
And what are face stamps?
- nativeit 2y agoI think they’re referring to “forever stamps”, which are worth whatever the cost of a first class stamp normally is. They were designed to deal with the fact that people would buy stamps at a certain face-value which would then become difficult to use when postage rates rise to some non-integer multiple of the older stamps.
- crazygringo 2y agoForever stamps were only introduced in 2007. Which is a long time after WWII...
- lupire 2y agoTechnically they are USA Forever, which is looking less and less like Forever.
- rtkwe 2y agoI believe they mean collector value hence them being worth less than their face value (which should in theory be the rough floor for them since they're still valid postage).