The stamp crisis has resurfaced, and their absence from the market is disrupting the completion of official transactions.

Obtaining stamps has become confined to the black market, where those who have them extort people, selling them at prices 20 times higher than their official price.

The lack of stamps in the market has significantly affected two sectors: firstly, the mayors who need large quantities of these stamps to complete transactions, and secondly, the authentication of official documents at the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs.

"Asharq al-Awsat" newspaper noted that the stamp crisis has led to the halt of transactions in administrations and the inability to complete official documents and transactions, most notably those urgently needed by students studying abroad and expatriate citizens, especially regarding marriage certificates or birth certificates for their children born abroad.

The newspaper highlighted that the stamp crisis has also affected sworn translators, who need large quantities of them.

One translator mentioned, "A citizen who needs to complete a transaction, translate it, and have it certified by the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, and the notary, resorts to buying stamps from the black market."

He confirmed to "Asharq al-Awsat" that "the cost of a transaction, which ranged between 10 and 15 US dollars in normal times, now costs a minimum of 80 dollars."