As of January 2009 in the US stamps are 42 cents.
For use in the US the rate is 28 cents.
one Forever stamp
To mail a letter weighing no more than one ounce in the US to another US state or within a US state, the stamp as of February 2008 is 41 cents.
First Class U.S. mail is 47 cents.
Up to, but not exceeding, one ounce.
I have an old paper food stamp and i was wanting to know what it would be worth now. It's a 1999 $1.00 paper stamp. It's in great shape.
It depends on the weight of the package or envelope. Letters weighing one ounce or less require a 49 cent stamp called a "forever" stamp.
A Forever stamp is good for one ounce of First Class Postage inside the US.
A US first class stamp dated 2002 is worth face value only, and it's still valid now.
it is 44 cents now
A first class stamp costs 46 cents in the US. Each additional ounce is 20 cents.
The Forever stamp costs what ever the current rate is for one ounce of US Postage. That is currently 44 cents. It will be valid to mail one ounce 'forever' regardless of how much it cost originally.