The price of a first-class postage stamp will be going up 1¢ to 45¢ on 1-22-12. Start stocking up on the FOREVER stamps now! These stamps currently cost 44¢ and can be used, as they are called, forever! You may even want to save them until postage goes up higher or not. In any case you will save in the long run. FOREVER stamps do NOT need extra postage added to them when ever there is a price increase. Their face value is worth what ever the current first-class postage is.