Sticker Stamp - Forever
The first U.S. self-adhesive stamp was the 10¢ Dove Weather Vane Christmas issue of 1974. Those experimental stamps were expensive to create and the adhesive didn't work as planned.
Fifteen years passed before the Postal Service tried again, with a 25¢ Eagle and Shield self-adhesive stamp sold in panes and strips of 18 for $5.
The expense of manufacturing self-adhesives versus lick-and-stick stamps has flip-flopped in the intervening years. The Postal Service claims that the base cost of printing stamps with moisture-activated adhesive is now 115 percent greater than self-adhesives.
That means the cost of creating a lick-and-stick stamp is more than double that of a self-adhesive.
Nikon N1J4 w/ 55mm Micro Nikkor 70's vintage
Sticker Stamp - Forever
The first U.S. self-adhesive stamp was the 10¢ Dove Weather Vane Christmas issue of 1974. Those experimental stamps were expensive to create and the adhesive didn't work as planned.
Fifteen years passed before the Postal Service tried again, with a 25¢ Eagle and Shield self-adhesive stamp sold in panes and strips of 18 for $5.
The expense of manufacturing self-adhesives versus lick-and-stick stamps has flip-flopped in the intervening years. The Postal Service claims that the base cost of printing stamps with moisture-activated adhesive is now 115 percent greater than self-adhesives.
That means the cost of creating a lick-and-stick stamp is more than double that of a self-adhesive.
Nikon N1J4 w/ 55mm Micro Nikkor 70's vintage