Business Editors

    WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--

    ClickStamp(TM) Plus and ClickStamp(TM) Online, Two PC Postage
    Solutions Developed by Pitney Bowes, Demonstrated Live

    Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) joined the U.S. Postal Service in an event today to introduce PC Postage, including demonstrations by Pitney Bowes of their ClickStamp(TM) Plus and ClickStamp(TM) Online.

Pitney Bowes has developed two PC Postage solutions for the marketplace. ClickStamp(TM) Plus and ClickStamp(TM) Online allow customers to print postage using your own PC and desktop printer, providing access to postage, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The two solutions give small business owners the choice to either download postage via modem to a "postage vault" attached to the PC using ClickStamp(TM) Plus, or, for those with Internet access, to download postage over the Internet using ClickStamp(TM) Online.

"We know that when it comes to small business, one size does not fit all. Both ClickStamp(TM) Plus and ClickStamp(TM) Online bring together advanced patented technologies created by Pitney Bowes with a thorough understanding of the needs of today's small businesses," said Kevin Weiss, President of Pitney Bowes Office Direct, a division of Pitney Bowes focused on small business solutions. "This combination of innovative product development and market knowledge helps Pitney Bowes respond to customer needs with total solutions."

"In fact, small business knows that getting the job done means more than putting a stamp on an envelope," adds Weiss. "Small business is about attracting and retaining customers, paying the bills, getting the message out, building the business and more." Pitney Bowes is the only company to offer a full suite of mail, marketing and financial services designed for the way small business really works.

The suite of solutions will be marketed under the new PitneyWorks brand. In addition to ClickStamp(TM) Plus and ClickStamp(TM) Online, the PitneyWorks suite of digital, PC and Internet-enabled products includes ValueShip(TM), an Internet shipping service, Target Prospects, an Internet-based service to acquire mailing lists for new customers, and DirectNET(TM), Pitney Bowes' "one stop" Internet-based printing and mailing service. Pitney Bowes also offers the highly successful Personal Post(TM) digital postage meter, which uses a built-in phone modem for downloading postage by phone, in less than 30 seconds, available 24 hours a day.

Small business owners can also benefit from the family of financial products and services that Pitney Bowes offers. In addition to the PitneyWorks(SM) Capital Line Account, PitneyWorks(SM) Business Rewards(SM) Visa(R) and PitneyWorks(SM) Business Visa(R), customers can earn free postage by putting their advanced postage deposits to work for them with the PitneyWorks(SM) Reserve Account while the PitneyWorks(SM) Purchase Power(SM) allows customers to order now and pay later for postage and supplies. All of these solutions are designed specifically with the small business owner in mind to help improve cash flow management.

Pitney Bowes Inc. is a $4.2 billion global provider of informed mail and messaging management. For more information about Pitney Bowes' full range of services and products, please visit http://www.pitneybowes.com or call 1-800-640-7058. Customers interested in ordering a Personal Post(TM) postage meter or to sign up to beta test one of Pitney Bowes' new products can visit http://www.pitneybowes.com/soho or call 1-800-446-6406.

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     CONTACT: Pitney Bowes, Inc.
              Beth Ghiloni, 203/326-6148
              ghilonel@pb.com
                    or
              Brodeur Porter Novelli
              Kim Assalone, 203/399-8284
              kassalone@brodeur.com

     KEYWORD: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
     INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET PRODUCT