Each day he shows up early to help the librarian with licking stamps, dusting books, and doing anything else she needs.

"If you ever touch my coffee, I'll see to it that you're sent to the mail room to lick stamps."

Advocates of telephone payment say it is easier than licking stamps and writing checks.

Lick and stick stamps have been around since the 1840s, but by the turn of the century it's thought self-adhesives will be the norm.

During her slack time in licking stamps for Rockecenter's office, who knows?

"I was appalled at how women were treated in politics - good for making coffee and licking stamps, period," she said.

"People who don't engage in it think it's licking stamps," she said.

For 35 years, his signature sufficed as postage; will he start licking stamps?

Try to stop your child from chewing things, and from licking sticky paper or stamps.

You could ever see a man like me licking stamps?