A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a planet nor a natural satellite. That is, it is in direct orbit of a star, and is massive enough for its gravity to crush it into a hydrostatically equilibrious shape, but has not cleared the neighborhood of other material around its orbit. The term dwarf planet was adopted in 2006 as part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the Sun, brought about by an increase in discoveries of objects farther away from the Sun than Neptun
Quick Answer. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the price of a first-class postage stamp in the United States is 49 cents as of June 2014. This rate applies to standard-sized mail weighing 1 ounce or less. Letters weighing more than 1 ounce cost an additional 21 cents to mail.
Mr. Carr is not entirely correct. The USPS issued a global forever stamp that pays the first class postage for an ordinary letter weighing not more than one ounce to anywhere in the world. This stamp was introduced in 2013 and sold for $1.10, the rate current at that time. Now this stamp will cost you $1.15, but if you buy them now, when the rate increases, they will still be valid for the full postage rate at the time. Albert van Veen, Collector and history hobbyist for 50 years.