TERMS OF USE
ForeverStampGuide.com
Effective Date: August 17, 2026
Last Updated: August 17, 2026
Website: ForeverStampGuide.com
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of ForeverStampGuide.com, including its articles, images, guides, links, comments, features, and other content or services collectively referred to as the “Site.”
In these Terms, “Forever Stamp Guide,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the operator of ForeverStampGuide.com. “You” and “your” refer to any visitor or user of the Site.
By accessing, browsing, or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms.
If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not access or use the Site.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
Your use of the Site is subject to these Terms and all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations.
These Terms incorporate our:
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Affiliate and commission disclosures
Any additional notices or guidelines published on the Site
Our Privacy Policy is available at:
https://foreverstampguide.com/privacy-policy/
Our Cookie Policy is available at:
https://foreverstampguide.com/cookie-policy/
If you use a third-party website accessed through the Site, your use of that third-party website will also be subject to its own terms, policies, and conditions.
2. ELIGIBILITY
The Site is intended for individuals who are at least 18 years old or have reached the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction.
If you are under the age of majority, you may use the Site only with the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.
The Site is not directed toward children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly request personal information from children under 13.
3. ABOUT FOREVER STAMP GUIDE
ForeverStampGuide.com is an independent editorial and informational blog focused on topics including:
Forever Stamps
United States postage stamps
Mailing practices
Postal history
Stamp artwork and designs
Stamp formats and classifications
Collecting and preserving stamps
General educational information about postage
The Site may publish articles, historical information, product descriptions, comparisons, photographs, illustrations, and links to external websites.
The Site Is Not an Online Store
ForeverStampGuide.com does not directly operate an online checkout system and does not directly process:
Product orders
Credit or debit card payments
Billing information
Shipping information
Product fulfillment
Returns or refunds
When you click a product, category, image, button, recommendation, or other external link, you may be redirected to a third-party website, including StampDirect.shop.
4. INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION AND NO OFFICIAL AFFILIATION
Forever Stamp Guide is an independent publication.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, ForeverStampGuide.com is not owned, operated, sponsored, approved, endorsed, or officially affiliated with:
The United States Postal Service
USPS
The United States government
Any federal or state government agency
Any postal authority
Any stamp manufacturer or distributor
References to USPS, Forever Stamps, First-Class Mail, stamp titles, postal services, or other postal terminology are provided for identification, commentary, education, news reporting, and informational purposes.
You should not interpret the Site’s name, content, design, images, or links as indicating an official government or USPS relationship.
For official postal rates, mailing requirements, service standards, or other authoritative information, consult the appropriate official postal authority.
5. TRADEMARKS AND THIRD-PARTY NAMES
USPS, United States Postal Service, Forever, Forever Stamp, First-Class Mail, and other postal names, logos, service marks, product names, and designs may be trademarks or other intellectual property belonging to their respective owners.
All third-party trademarks, product names, company names, images, and logos appearing on the Site remain the property of their respective owners.
Their appearance on the Site does not imply sponsorship, approval, or endorsement of Forever Stamp Guide.
Forever Stamp Guide claims no ownership over third-party trademarks except for trademarks or branding that we independently own.
6. INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
All content published on the Site is provided for general informational, editorial, historical, and educational purposes.
The Site does not provide:
Legal advice
Financial advice
Tax advice
Investment advice
Authentication services
Appraisal services
Official postal advice
Guaranteed mailing instructions
Guaranteed product recommendations
You should not rely exclusively on the Site when making a purchase, preparing an important mailing, determining postage requirements, authenticating a stamp, or estimating the financial or collectible value of a stamp.
You are responsible for obtaining appropriate professional or official advice when necessary.
7. POSTAL RATES, RULES, AND ACCURACY
Postal rates, mailing classifications, delivery standards, product availability, mailing restrictions, and stamp values may change over time.
Although we make reasonable efforts to publish useful and accurate information, we do not guarantee that Site content is always:
Complete
Accurate
Current
Error-free
Suitable for a particular mailing
Applicable to every location or situation
An article may remain available after some of its information has become outdated.
Before mailing an item or purchasing postage, you should verify current rates, dimensions, weight limits, service requirements, restrictions, and eligibility with an official postal source.
If you identify an error in our content, you may contact us at:
Please include the article title, page URL, and a description of the suspected error.
8. AFFILIATE AND COMMISSION RELATIONSHIP
Forever Stamp Guide has a commission-based referral relationship with:
StampDirect.shop
Some links on the Site are affiliate, referral, or commission-generating links. This includes certain links contained in:
Articles
Images
Product references
Category descriptions
Navigation areas
Homepage sections
Buttons and calls to action
If you click one of these links and make a purchase or complete another qualifying action on StampDirect.shop, Forever Stamp Guide may receive a commission or referral benefit.
This is a material commercial relationship and may influence which links, products, categories, or topics are displayed on the Site.
The presence of an affiliate link does not constitute a guarantee regarding the merchant, product, price, availability, authenticity, condition, delivery, or customer service.
Where appropriate, we may place additional affiliate disclosures near recommendations or links.
9. TRANSACTIONS WITH STAMPDIRECT.SHOP
ForeverStampGuide.com and StampDirect.shop are separate websites.
Forever Stamp Guide provides editorial content and referral links. StampDirect.shop independently controls its own store, products, checkout process, and commercial policies.
When you leave ForeverStampGuide.com and visit StampDirect.shop, your activity is governed by StampDirect.shop’s own:
Terms and conditions
Privacy policy
Cookie policy
Shipping policy
Return and refund policy
Payment terms
Customer service procedures
Forever Stamp Guide is not the seller, merchant of record, payment processor, shipping provider, fulfillment provider, or returns department for purchases made through StampDirect.shop.
All questions or disputes concerning an order must be addressed directly to the merchant. This includes matters involving:
Product prices
Discounts or promotions
Product availability
Product descriptions
Product authenticity
Product condition
Payment authorization
Sales tax
Shipping fees
Shipping times
Tracking information
Delivery delays
Lost or damaged packages
Cancellations
Returns
Exchanges
Refunds
Chargebacks
Customer service
Forever Stamp Guide is not a party to the purchase agreement between you and StampDirect.shop merely because we may receive a referral commission.
You should review the merchant’s terms and policies before completing a purchase.
10. EXTERNAL LINKS AND THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to websites, services, advertisements, resources, or content operated by third parties.
External links are provided for convenience, reference, editorial context, or commercial referral purposes.
We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their:
Content
Security
Availability
Accuracy
Privacy practices
Cookies
Data collection
Products or services
Advertising claims
Business operations
A link does not automatically mean that Forever Stamp Guide endorses every statement, product, service, or practice of the linked website.
You access third-party websites at your own discretion. You should read their terms and privacy policies before providing personal information or completing a transaction.
11. PERMITTED USE OF THE SITE
Subject to these Terms, Forever Stamp Guide grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Site for lawful, personal, and noncommercial purposes.
You may:
Read and share links to publicly available articles
Print limited portions of content for personal use
Quote short excerpts when permitted by law and accompanied by proper attribution
Use the Site for personal education and research
This permission does not transfer ownership of any Site content or intellectual property to you.
12. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You agree not to use the Site to:
Violate any applicable law or regulation
Commit fraud or facilitate unlawful transactions
Infringe copyrights, trademarks, privacy rights, or other rights
Introduce viruses, malware, ransomware, or harmful code
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or its systems
Interfere with the operation, availability, or security of the Site
Bypass security features or access restrictions
Collect personal information about other users without authorization
Send spam, phishing messages, or unsolicited advertisements
Impersonate Forever Stamp Guide, USPS, a government authority, or another person
Falsely suggest an official relationship with Forever Stamp Guide
Frame or mirror the Site in a misleading manner
Copy or republish substantial portions of the Site without permission
Use Site content to create a competing publication or content database
Manipulate Site traffic, clicks, referrals, analytics, or affiliate tracking
Use automated systems in a way that places an unreasonable burden on the Site
Encourage another person to engage in prohibited conduct
We may restrict or terminate access when we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.
13. AUTOMATED ACCESS AND CONTENT SCRAPING
Except for ordinary public search engine indexing that respects our technical instructions, you may not use automated tools to extract, reproduce, collect, or monitor Site content without prior written permission.
Restricted automated activities include:
Web scraping
Data mining
Automated downloading
Content harvesting
Bulk image collection
Automated republication
Dataset creation
Unauthorized artificial intelligence model training
Automated generation of substantially similar content
Any authorized automated access must comply with the limitations and technical instructions we provide, including applicable robots.txt directives.
14. COMMENTS AND USER-SUBMITTED CONTENT
The Site may allow users to submit comments, feedback, corrections, questions, or other content.
You retain ownership of content you submit. However, by submitting content to the Site, you grant Forever Stamp Guide a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, format, moderate, and distribute that content as reasonably necessary to operate and promote the Site.
You represent that:
You own or have permission to submit the content
The content does not violate another person’s rights
The content is not knowingly false, fraudulent, or misleading
The content does not contain unlawful, threatening, defamatory, or abusive material
The content does not contain malware, spam, or unauthorized advertising
The content does not disclose another person’s private information without permission
We may review, edit, reject, hide, or remove user-submitted content at our discretion. We are not required to publish or preserve any submission.
User comments represent the views of their respective authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Forever Stamp Guide.
15. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Unless otherwise stated, the original editorial content, layout, graphics, branding, page design, text, and other materials created for ForeverStampGuide.com are owned by or licensed to Forever Stamp Guide and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may not, without prior written permission:
Reproduce entire articles
Republish Site content on another website
Sell or commercially exploit Site content
Remove copyright or attribution notices
Create unauthorized derivative works
Copy the Site’s branding or visual identity
Use our content in misleading advertising
Claim our content as your own
Nothing in these Terms grants you ownership of third-party photographs, stamp artwork, trademarks, product images, or other materials displayed for editorial or identification purposes.
Rights belonging to third parties remain with their respective owners.
16. COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
We respect intellectual property rights.
If you believe content on ForeverStampGuide.com infringes your copyright, send a written notice containing:
Your full legal name and contact information.
Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed.
The exact URL or sufficient information to locate the disputed material.
A description of why you believe the use is unauthorized.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act for the copyright owner.
Your physical or electronic signature.
Send copyright notices to:
Email: support@foreverstampguide.com
Subject Line: Copyright Notice
Mailing Address:
Forever Stamp Guide
3165 Douglas Highway
Juneau, Alaska 99801
United States
This contact information is provided to receive copyright complaints. It should not be interpreted as confirmation that Forever Stamp Guide has registered a designated DMCA agent with the United States Copyright Office unless such registration appears in the Copyright Office’s official directory.
We may remove or restrict access to disputed material while reviewing a complaint.
Knowingly submitting a false or misleading copyright complaint may result in legal consequences.
17. PRIVACY AND COOKIES
Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
The Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, store, or disclose information associated with Site visitors.
The Cookie Policy explains how the Site and certain third parties may use cookies, analytics technologies, referral identifiers, and similar technologies.
Please review both policies before continuing to use the Site.
18. SITE AVAILABILITY AND MODIFICATIONS
We may modify, update, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of the Site at any time.
We do not guarantee that:
The Site will always be available
Access will be uninterrupted
Errors will be corrected immediately
Particular articles will remain published
External links will remain active
Every feature will work on every device or browser
The Site will be free from harmful components
We may perform maintenance, introduce new features, remove content, change navigation, or restrict access without prior notice.
19. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.
FOREVER STAMP GUIDE DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF:
MERCHANTABILITY
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
TITLE
NON-INFRINGEMENT
ACCURACY
RELIABILITY
SECURITY
AVAILABILITY
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY EXTERNAL WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR PRODUCE A PARTICULAR RESULT.
WE DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE, MERCHANT, POSTAL RATE, DELIVERY RESULT, PURCHASE OUTCOME, OR COLLECTIBLE VALUE REFERENCED ON THE SITE.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions. In those jurisdictions, these exclusions apply only to the extent permitted by law.
20. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FOREVER STAMP GUIDE AND ITS OPERATORS, CONTRIBUTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
This limitation includes damages arising from:
Your use or inability to use the Site
Reliance on Site content
Errors or outdated information
Lost data
Lost profits or business opportunities
Mailing errors or insufficient postage
Delayed, returned, damaged, or lost mail
Purchases made through a third-party website
Product quality or authenticity
Merchant conduct
Unauthorized access or security incidents
External links or third-party content
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Site will not exceed the greater of:
One hundred United States dollars (US $100); or
The amount you paid directly to Forever Stamp Guide for use of the Site during the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim
This limitation does not apply where liability cannot legally be excluded or limited.
21. INDEMNIFICATION
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Forever Stamp Guide and its operators, contributors, representatives, service providers, and affiliates from claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from:
Your misuse of the Site
Your violation of these Terms
Your violation of applicable law
Content you submit
Your infringement of another person’s rights
Your fraudulent or unauthorized activity
Your transactions or disputes with a third-party merchant
We reserve the right to control the defense of any matter subject to indemnification, and you agree to provide reasonable cooperation.
22. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Site if:
You violate these Terms
Your activity presents a security risk
Your activity may cause legal liability
You interfere with the Site’s operation
Suspension is required by law or a service provider
The Site or relevant feature is discontinued
Upon termination, your permission to use the Site ends immediately.
Provisions relating to intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, governing law, and other provisions that logically should survive will remain effective after termination.
23. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Alaska, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of ForeverStampGuide.com will be brought in a state or federal court with jurisdiction in Alaska, with venue in Juneau where legally available.
You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
If applicable consumer law gives you mandatory rights or permits you to bring a claim in another jurisdiction, nothing in these Terms is intended to eliminate those non-waivable rights.
24. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may update these Terms to reflect:
Changes to the Site
New features or services
Changes to affiliate relationships
Changes in technology
Changes in law or regulatory guidance
Changes to our business or operational practices
When we update the Terms, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Material changes may also be communicated through an additional notice on the Site when appropriate.
Your continued use of the Site after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
If you do not agree with an updated version, you should stop using the Site.
25. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and other notices incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Forever Stamp Guide concerning your use of the Site.
They do not replace or modify the separate terms governing purchases from StampDirect.shop or any other third-party merchant.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
No Waiver
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce that provision later.
Assignment
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.
We may assign our rights and obligations in connection with a reorganization, transfer of the Site, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to applicable law.
No Third-Party Beneficiaries
Unless expressly stated otherwise, these Terms do not create rights for third-party beneficiaries.
Headings
Section headings are provided for convenience and do not limit or alter the meaning of any provision.
26. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding these Terms of Use, contact us at:
Forever Stamp Guide
Email: support@foreverstampguide.com
Phone: +1 (907) 519-1155
Mailing Address:
3165 Douglas Highway
Juneau, Alaska 99801
United States
When contacting us about these Terms, please use the subject line:
Terms of Use Inquiry