Comments on: Arbritage and the Forever Stamp http://statastic.com/2007/05/14/arbritage-and-the-forever-stamp/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:15:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Statastico http://statastic.com/2007/05/14/arbritage-and-the-forever-stamp/#comment-4642 Mon, 14 May 2007 19:12:05 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/05/14/arbritage-and-the-forever-stamp/#comment-4642 A pre-emptive note: It seems unlikely that a speculator would find a guaranteed futures contract for 41.9 cents per stamp (after all, why not just buy the $.41 stamps yourself?). Nonetheless, there will be some period where a secondary market crops up where forever stamps will be sold at less than the official new rate. How long and the price will be determined by the existing supply of $.41 forever stamps. A pre-emptive note:
It seems unlikely that a speculator would find a guaranteed futures contract for 41.9 cents per stamp (after all, why not just buy the $.41 stamps yourself?).

Nonetheless, there will be some period where a secondary market crops up where forever stamps will be sold at less than the official new rate. How long and the price will be determined by the existing supply of $.41 forever stamps.

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