Canadian postage increase

[budsfan]

Just read an article that postage from Canada has gone up.

.54 within Canada
.98 Canada to US
1.65 Canada to international

[expos94]

http://canadapost.ca/Personal/RatesPrices/

[Robot Rabbit]

But the Canadian Post Office still honors old stamps, correct?

[lafleurfan10]

theres some sort of guarantee on the stamp pack somewhere, saying that old stamps are accepted for a grace period, not sure how long though.

[expos94]

notice the "P" on the 54 cent stamp... or old 52 cent stamps... that means "permanent". Basically if you use this, it's honored forever. even if the rates go up. I have a bunch at home that cost me 52 cents but I can continue to use 'em because now the "P" just stands for 54 cents.

http://www.canadapost.ca/Personal/Collecting/default-e.asp?stamp=permanent

as for the non-permanent stamps... I'm sure there is a grace period. But I'm not sure what it is.

[Robot Rabbit]

I am using the 93-cent Canadian stamps from Canada to the U.S. I am from the U.S., and use the Canadian stamps when writing to a Canadian player (so my SASE can make it back). I just sent out 3 letters using 93-cent stamps as the return postage -- I hope they make it back. In the past, Canada has "honored" the stamps, as I got several cards back with 89-cent stamps on them, even though the price had gone up once or twice since.

Sal