Internet Stamp Site Teams With Microsoft

Tue., Aug. 24, 1999

From Staff

Stamps.com Inc. said it will provide its Internet postage service on Microsoft Corp.’s Office Update Web site.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed, Dow Jones News Service reported.

Stamps.com, of Santa Monica, Calif., is one of two companies licensed by the U.S. Postal Service’s PC Postage program that lets individuals and companies buy postage via the Internet and affix stamps directly from a personal computer.

Stamps.com, which is targeting small businesses and people with home offices, allows users to download its software for free. The company plans to make its service available nationwide Sept. 27.

The other company licensed for the PC Postage program is EStamp Corp. of San Mateo, Calif.

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