tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152252445577674991.post1602861070904483118..comments2023-05-13T19:09:02.841+10:00Comments on kirribilli kim: quicko: the principle of the thingKIMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12545570883965939034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152252445577674991.post-60909754278455040942013-02-27T11:48:58.479+11:002013-02-27T11:48:58.479+11:00I like the idea of a forever stamp.
Australia Pos...I like the idea of a forever stamp.<br /><br />Australia Post is quasi-gov't. It's classified as a Government Business Enterprise meaning that it's a business, which needs to make a profit, and the owners happen to be the gov't. It's not run by the gov't in the way that say, defence or health or the animal management centre is.<br /><br />Some of the outlets are actually franchises. This is way incidental stock (not the postage bags or postage prices) varies so much from store to store.Laetitia :-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08239718954326223338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152252445577674991.post-60718058082020331852013-02-27T07:07:55.535+11:002013-02-27T07:07:55.535+11:00Score one for America, where postage isn't tax...Score one for America, where postage isn't taxed, as the Post Office is run by the government anyway, and where you no longer need to purchase a different kind of stamp for overseas versus homeland delivery. And, the current crowning glory: forever stamps. Now, whenever a stamp is purchased, it can be used to send a letter domestically at any time in the future, without added expense even if the price of postage goes up (which it undoubtedly does).Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152252445577674991.post-48035675523178356562013-02-26T21:05:05.844+11:002013-02-26T21:05:05.844+11:00It's because of the GST. The 55c domestic sta...It's because of the GST. The 55c domestic stamp is really only 50c postage + 5c GST. So you've only paid Australia Post $1.50 for the three stamps (15c having gone to the fed gov't as tax). In order to pay postage of $1.65 for international post, which doesn't incur GST because it's going out of the country, you need to top-up with the 15c.<br /><br />In some ways, you would have been better off keeping the 55c stamps to use with 5c stamps for regular domestic post some other time and paying for the whole $1.65 in one lump this time.Laetitia :-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08239718954326223338noreply@blogger.com