The use of bisected stamps has a long but less than honorable history in the United States. Bisect refers to stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but into other fractions also, and postally used for the proportionate value of the stamp. More: continued here

McLean's AppTek is latest to be 'aqui-hired' by eBayWashington PostAbout 18 months ago, eBay faced a linguistics problem. The e-commerce giant had about 650 million items listed for sale, by 25 million people worldwide. Interested buyers typically searched for products by typing words into a query. The site would then …

Want to be the next Kodak? Look on eBayRochester Democrat and ChronicleSo you have a dream of being the next George Eastman and starting your own camera film manufacturing empire, but don't know how to start? Try eBay, where you can buy a used Kodak 60-inch acetate film coating line …

Canada Post has released seven new stamps in a five-year series celebrating noted Canadian photographers. More: continued here

The listing of obscure items on eBay is nothing new, but one Italian seller has gone a step further – putting a whole Alpine village up for sale. More: continued here

Rooftop fire shuts down south Vegas post officeKVVU Las VegasA fire on the rooftop of a post office in the south end of the Las Vegas Valley on Sunday forced the facility to shut down indefinitely. Clark County Fire Department said a port-a-potty on the roof of the U.S. Post …

Put buying has been a popular strategy in eBay Inc's (NASDAQ:EBAY) options pits of late, per data from the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (C … ( Read More ) More: continued here

Post and Parcel Brazil Post trials parcel terminals in redesigned post officesPost and ParcelBrazil Post is testing a new concept of post office that includes use of automated parcel locker terminals as a way to add convenience to the process of sending and receiving packages. The state-owned company said the …

A fire on the rooftop of a post office in the south end of the Las Vegas Valley on Sunday forced the facility to shut down indefinitely. More: continued here

Fire in portable toilet damages post office roofLas Vegas SunLAS VEGAS (AP) — Crews are cleaning up water and human waste from inside a Las Vegas post office after a portable toilet on the roof caught fire over the weekend. Clark County Fire Department Deputy Chief Erik Newman said nobody …