The Forever Stamp Will Now Cost You 78 Cents
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
July 14, 2025
BALDWIN COUNTY Ala. The price of stamps has once again risen and will cost you 78 cents for your Forever Stamps.
The federal government raised the price of stamps on Sunday.
The price of first-class forever stamps has increased by 5 cents, rising from 73 cents to 78 cents, according to Senior U.S. Postal Service representative Marti Johnson.
Johnson called the jump a “rational and realistic approach.”
The United States Postal Service made the request to the Postal Regulatory Commission back in April.
At the time, former U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy previously warned postal customers to get used to “uncomfortable” rate hikes as the Postal Service seeks to become self-sufficient. He said price increases were overdue after “at least 10 years of a defective pricing model.”
Some say that sending a letter will soon reach a dollar and wonder if it’s worth the cost, while many are sending their communications via the Internet.
DeJoy resigned in March after nearly five years in the position, leaving as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency had floated the idea of privatizing mail service.
Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino has taken on the role of postmaster general until the Postal Service Board of Governors names a permanent replacement for DeJoy.
Trump once considered putting USPS under the control of the Commerce Department in an effort to stop losses at the $78 billion-a-year agency, which has struggled at times to balance the books with the decline of first-class mail.
USPS workers nationwide have also rallied against Trump’s administration for plans to privatization fearing that there would be substantial job losses and big delays.
Many consumers say that they have substantially reduced their stamp use over the past few years and have opted for making bill payments online.
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