Stamps cost 2 cents more

Getting your two cents worth was an ordeal on the last day before postal rates went up.

The price of a first-class stamp rises to 39 cents from 37 cents today - but all the vending machines at Manhattan's main post office were out of 2-cent add-ons yesterday.

That left New Yorkers waiting for up to 90 minutes to buy the stamps at the window, because they were being sold only at one window.