# Postage Stamps! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273 "2019-12-02T16:06:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273/21 "2019-12-04T18:26:24Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > … > I used to pay every-damn-thing by check! Now when I need to write out a check, I have to teach myself how to do it all over again!.. There are websites which explain how to write out the numbers on checks. I use them 4-5 times per year. Which is how often I have to write a check. I do not sign checks. My signature was not accepted by the bank, so now my husband always signs the check. And after he signs the check, I go find an envelope, stamp, etc. and then walk the check over to the post office. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273/22 "2019-12-04T18:38:08Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Now you use them, unless you are saving them up for some reason. I’m sure you have an old friend who would be happy to get a cool postcard, or unexpected letter. Post card rate is now 35c. That’ll mean twelve 3c stamps to cover it. It will literally cover your post card. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273/23 "2019-12-04T18:43:24Z")
Before forever stamps, if the stamp price went up I’d just use 2. It probably cost me 5 bucks over the course of a few years, but I’m young enough that I never sent that many things by mail to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273/24 "2019-12-05T02:48:24Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Post card rate is now 35c. That’ll mean twelve 3c stamps to cover it. It will literally cover your post card. If you tried to mail that in person, do you think the clerk would go postal? :o ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273/25 "2019-12-05T03:24:30Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > There are websites which explain how to write out the numbers on checks. I use them 4-5 times per year. Which is how often I have to write a check. > > I do not sign checks. My signature was not accepted by the bank, so now my husband always signs the check. > > And after he signs the check, I go find an envelope, stamp, etc. and then walk the check over to the post office. Ok, Ms. Die-C- out with it. Why won’t the bank accept your sig? You in witness protection or the Mafia or something? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273/26 "2019-12-05T16:33:48Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ok, Ms. Die-C- out with it. Why won’t the bank accept your sig? You in witness protection or the Mafia or something? I did a signature card for my bank approximately 2 weeks after getting married and changing my name. My signature 15 years later didn’t look like my signature back then. My husband’s been signing the same name for much longer and his didn’t change during those 15 years. Regarding stamps, I bought Christmas ones. Supposed to be [church window](https://www.post.ch/en/locations/stamps-and-philately/world-of-stamps/2019/christmas)s. I’m not convinced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps/844273.md?page=1)