Counterfeit Forever Stamps

The problem is not the value of the new stamp. It is the legal and logistical friction required to get it. Under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause, just compensation usually means full fair market value without placing an undue burden on the individual.

In the UK, the Royal Mail swapped wrongly flagged genuine stamps as fakes. If the USPS forces a swap and a clerk rejects your genuine stamps because they look like high quality fakes, the government has essentially seized your property without compensation. These forever stamps were sold as a non-expiring commodity. Forcing millions of people to prove their property is legitimate, with the risk of erroneous seizure, moves the burden of proof from the government to the citizen.

Updated: Every stamp design issued in 2025 has CF, except for the following:

• CVP15, CVP16 (vending machine issues)
• 6024 – Putting a Stamp on the American Experience (released in a prestige booklet, so not worthwhile to CF)
• 6031 – Luna Moth (non-machinable surcharge so low market demand) ~> CF already in the market as of Mar 2026
• 6043 – James "Jimmy" Carter, U.S. President ~> CF already in the market as of Apr 2026

Well, I believe there won't be CVP15–16 or 6024 CF, so collectors can now obtain a... complete CF set for 2025 :)

Counterfeiting US stamps, then selling them for people to use, is illegal and needs to be more forcefully addressed... Actually, this practice is a form of shoplifting from our postal service. It's a theft that,indirectly, is stealing from us all, as it is a contributor to higher postal rates for the honest...Why aren't the guilty ever caught? Why don't our national leaders take China to task for this? Would it be politically incorrect? Further, Scott shouldn't help to "legitimize" their existance.. Time to "cancel" this practice!

New low price for Forever stamps? Just less than 4 and 1/4 cents each on ebay or 3000 for $99.00 (opening bid).

Listing title: "30 rolls usps postage stamps 3000 certified forever stamps"





New York seller has feedback of zero (0).

Edit: Seller also has "15 rolls us postage 1500 certified stamps" but this one is $50 which raises the per price over 4 and 1/4 cents. Does have a bid though.

ebay doesn't care