Do you still have to lick stamps where you live?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (233536)
Walnut Creek, California
February 24, 2020 10:56am CST
I was paying a bill this morning and realized, as I was attaching the stamp, that I haven't licked stamps in years.
Now that I think about it, I have no recollection of when the US Postal Service stared using no-lick stamps.
Didn't George's lesbian finacee die from licking stamps in a famous Seinfeld episode? That would mean the change occurred in the last 15 or 20 years.
Anyway, do you still lick stamps when you send things by snail mail?
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@JohnRoberts (109842)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Feb 20
Not for many years now.
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@youless (113959)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Feb 20
No, I have never licked stamps. In fact there is invisible glue on the back of the stamps today. You just need to put a little water on the stamps and everything will be done. And it is really no need to lick it and it is not hygienic, too.
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@marguicha (229667)
• Chile
24 Feb 20
I don´t send anything by snail mail now. But when I did, you could either buy stamps or have the office print the amount. I chose real stamps when writing to special friends.
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@marguicha (229667)
• Chile
24 Feb 20
@TheHorse I don´t know now. I haven´t seen stamps for a long time but I don´t know if there are any.
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@TheHorse (233536)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Feb 20
@marguicha My hunch is that they're non-lick there as well.
@wolfgirl569 (127516)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Feb 20
@TheHorse I remember getting self stick then they would have the ones that needed licked. Then back. All of a sudden they were all self stick.
@lovebuglena (48490)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Feb 20
Thankfully, no need to lick stamps or even envelopes now. I hated doing that. I never licked with my tongue though. I licked my finger and then used that on the stamp or envelope. No way was my tongue gonna touch anything.
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@BarBaraPrz (51071)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Feb 20
No, we've had self-stick stamps for quite some time. I guess the post office got wise to people soaking off uncancelled stamps and reusing them. The self-stick ones don't come off so easily.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
24 Feb 20
No no. But sometimes gotta lick the envelope 
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
25 Feb 20
@TheHorse yeah the ones that comes in the bills are not peel and attach lol
@FourWalls (81619)
• United States
24 Feb 20
In a word, no. I mean, I can if I want to, but it’s gonna taste funny.
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@Marilynda1225 (87694)
• United States
24 Feb 20
Nope all our stamps are self adhesive these days
But....that was a funny episode of Seinfeld
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