"forever stamp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forever stamps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forever stamp (plural forever stamps)
  1. (US) A postage stamp with no indicated monetary value and indefinitely valid for a given service, e.g. a domestic first-class letter under 20 grams. Tags: US Synonyms: non-value indicator stamp, NVI stamp [UK], permanent stamp [Canada] Translations (postage stamp indefinitely valid for a given rate class): ikimerkki (Finnish), valörlöst frimärke [Sweden, neuter] (Swedish), fixvärdemärke [Finland, neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-forever_stamp-en-noun-Buhdr5Aj Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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