Although this preliminary design showed a 44-cent value, the 2011 Reagan birth centennial postage stamp will bear a "Forever" inscription when issued today, Feb. 10, 2011. The stamp will always be valid for mailing a 1-ounce first-class letter. As Paul Kengor has said: “The stamp will always maintain first class delivery status regardless of future postal rate increases. This would be fitting for Reagan's handwritten letters to citizens which have been profiled in Dear Americans -- Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan was based on over 3,500 handwritten letters from the President to every day Americans. A volume of handwritten correspondence unequaled and all delivered with first class postage!”
