Business & Technology Editors

    STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--

    Offerings Work Hand-in-Hand with Postage
    Payment Options For Wide Variety of Mailing Products

    Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), the leader in mail and messaging solutions, has uniquely enhanced its value to mailers with new, innovative postage payment solutions. These flexible financial solutions allow businesses of all sizes to finance postage on a wide variety of mailing products. This proprietary range of postal payment systems are being showcased at the National Postal Forum (booths 1116, 1210 and 1509) in Chicago, Ill., on September 26-29.

"We've listened closely to business owners of all sizes to determine how we can better serve their needs," said Patricia Picoli, Vice President of Small Business Solutions Marketing for Pitney Bowes. "What we've learned is that business owners need flexible and convenient payment options that are hassle-free. We've responded by creating financial solutions that work hand-in-hand with Pitney Bowes' wide variety of electronic, digital and Internet mailing products."

Pitney Bowes' postal payment services give businesses choice and flexibility with:

-- PitneyWorks(SM) Purchase Power(SM) - allows customers to refill

postage the fastest, easiest, most convenient way possible to

"mail now and pay for postage later". Customers receive one easy

to read invoice, and the flexibility of extending payment over

time. Pitney Bowes is the only mailing provider worldwide to make

paying for postage so easy.

-- PitneyWorks(SM) Reserve Account - enables owners to earn

"interest" in the form of free postage on their advanced postage

deposits. Pitney Bowes is the only mailing provider worldwide to

allow customers to actually earn free postage rewards.

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.

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     CONTACT: Pitney Bowes Inc.
              Beth Ghiloni, 203/326-6148
              ghilonel@pb.com
              or
              Brodeur Porter Novelli
              Karen King, 203/399-3303
              kking@brodeur.com

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