Stamps have stepped up their game – CANOE

Urban Artisans: How Casey's Stamps in NYC's East Village Preserved a Lost …Complex.comJ.C. Casey, owner of Casey's Stamps, avoids getting sentimental about his craft. His shop is wonderfully unfussy. The shelves are haphazardly lined with stamps of every imaginable variety; his desk is obscured with loose papers and old coffee cups. More: continued here

azcentral.com 3 men arrested in Phoenix in food-stamp fraudazcentral.comPHOENIX — The Arizona Attorney General's Office says three men have been arrested on fraud charges involving food stamps. Phoenix police raided a west Phoenix convenience store Wednesday and later searched the suspects' home in Peoria.and more » More: continued here

Now that 2013 Miss World Megan Young has been featured on a stamp, she can be considered an ambassador for Philippine philately. More: continued here

The waiting room at the Human Services Department in Trenton is crowded – moms with toddlers and a newborn in a green carrier, a middle-aged man in a wheelchair, and two sisters, one who is on disability. More: continued here

County told to speed up food stamp processingLancaster Eagle GazetteAP CINCINNATI — The percentage of food stamp applications being processed on time is lower in the county that includes Cincinnati than anywhere else in Ohio, according to a newspaper analysis of data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services …Enquirer Exclusive: Hamilton County…

USPS Celebrates Classic Pickup Trucks with Collectible StampsautoevolutionNow available to buy on the USPS website, a booklet of 20 stamps costs $9.40. Other than their collectible value, these stamps“will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.” That should come in handy whenever the … More: continued here