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   Message 790 of 1,128   
   Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL   
   Canada Post no longer rai   
   14 Aug 25 08:35:22   
   
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   RM>> Somewhere in there they stopped putting a value on regular stamps.   
     >> A first class stamp price was going up so fast there was no point.   
      
   MP>They also did that here.  Here they call them "Forever" stamps.  I buy a   
     >couple of "cards" with roughly 20 stamps each on them.  If the price goes   
     >up in the meantime, I can just keep using the "Forever" stamps until I run   
     >out.   
      
   Yes, that's how it works here as well. If I sent out more mail I would   
   buy more than 10 at a time but, as I said, 10 stamps usually lasts me   
   for 3 years or so now. Usually that's for letters to the Gov't to   
   do with income Taxes, when a correction is needed.   
      
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