New Stamp Mania Spreads Across Philadelphia

The greatest day of our lives is finally here. Today, the forever stamp goes on sale.

The Inquirer’s Peter Mucha is all over America’s newest stamp today, which will sell for 41 cents and be able to mail a first-class letter no matter what the rate is. He writes at 7:30 the USPS officials “speechified about their latest first-class stamp” at the Liberty Bell at 7:30, is on the actual stamp.

The stamp bears the Liberty Bell because the stamps are giving people the liberty to no longer buy 1- or 2-cent stamps, and also because it gives them the liberty to give the post office a ton of money right away so they can horde stamps. Then they can lose the stamps, and the post office gets all that cash without having to send any letters.

It’s genius, I tell you. This “Forever” stamp is even more clever than we all originally thought.

‘Forever’ stamp has national kickoff at Liberty Bell this morning [Inquirer]
Yesterday: New Stamp To Make Life Worthwhile