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A Penny Black stamp exceeds estimate at auction
BBC News This Penny Black stamp on a letter posted to Sheffield in 1841 has sold at auction for £800. It was only expected to fetch up to £500. … |
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Stamp, envelope honor 'Mockingbird's' 50thSan Francisco Chronicle(AP) — Fans in author Harper Lee's hometown lined up for a new envelope and stamp celebrating the 50th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." About 100 people attended the unveiling Friday in Monroeville to buy the … More: continued here
Big show centred round tiny mistakesStuff.co.nz"You collect history and works of art when you collect stamps," Mr Graves said. "And what you're always looking for is the flaws in the stamps, … More: continued here
As his final trip to the Canadian Football League playoffs got under in November 2000, former B.C. Lions kicker Lui Passaglia had a sense than something special was about to unfold. More: continued here
FOX CT Holiday cheer: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' stamps go on saleFOX CTThe release of the stamps coincides with “Peanuts' ” debut in seven U.S. newspapers on October 2, 1950. By the time of Charles Schulz's death in 2000, his comic strip was syndicated in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide and his “Peanuts” books were …and…
Before the next Hobbit film hits the big screen, its characters will be seen in the mail. More: continued here
Food stamp overpayments cause concern for single momFrost IllustratedSEATTLE (NNPA)—For the better part of her four children's lives, Monica Taylor has relied on the state of Oregon's Food Stamp Program to … More: continued here