Smaller and easier to handle than a whole sheet of stamps, in many countries booklets have become a favored way to purchase stamps.

Beginning Thursday collectors can purchase stamps at local post offices and affix them to envelopes before submitting their requests.

Similarly, traditional vending machines are available at many post offices to purchase stamps, though these are being phased out in many areas.

Visitors can purchase stamps from the Post Office and stamps and gifts from the Museum shop on South Georgia.

"He mailed letters, purchased stamps and stationery ...," among other "support tasks," the history noted.

Customers are given priority in purchasing commemorative or special-issue stamps, first-day covers and information sheets soon after their issue by opening a deposit account at any philatelic bureau.

He later received vouchers in the same amount signed by the lawmakers, authorizing the use of their expense accounts to purchase stamps.

No cases of inhalational or cutaneous anthrax have been reported among customers who entered any US Postal facility to purchase stamps or conduct other postal business.

Growers of hemp products were required to purchase an annual tax stamp priced at $24, retailers were required to purchase stamps priced at $1 per annum.

It is not necessary for customers who entered any U.S. Postal facility to purchase stamps or conduct other postal business to receive prophylactic treatment.