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Im considering buying several thousands of dollars worth of Forever Stamps. I think theyll be a better investment than my savings account. Quote: Based on all that testing, the agency is confident that the stamp adhesive will hold up for at least 20 years and probably longer. Its a hypothesis, he said. Nobody knows the year equivalents. But theres this: MACtac, a Stow, Ohio, company that started supplying stamp adhesive to the Postal Service in 2001, has samples from its original batch that still adhere tenaciously for an indefinite period of time, as the stamp specifications require. We do have stamps from 01 which will still work on the envelopes, said Dave Ohnmeiss, head of technical marketing for the company, a division of Bemis. The adhesive also has to know when to quit. When stamped mail gets to a recycling facility, the adhesive is supposed to decompose in a way that doesnt gum up the machinery.
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 02:57:39 +0000

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