Rush on mail as the cost of sending post between the UK and US is reduced to a penny per ounce Penny post between the United Kingdom and the United States came into operation yesterday, and on both sides of the Atlantic the Post-office officials found the bulk of the …

Examiner.com Charlton Heston Stamps First-Day-of-Issue CeremonyKETKLegendary Hollywood icon and humanitarian Charlton Heston was honored as the 18th inductee into the U.S. Postal Service's Legends of Hollywood stamp series Friday, April 11, 2014. The event took place during a first-day-of-issue stamp dedication …See Charlton Heston's damn dirty postage stampEntertainment Weekly (blog)USPS released …

Metro Harold Shipman's examination table removed from eBay after going on sale for …MetroAn examination table once used by one of Britain's deadliest serial killers, Dr Harold Shipman, has been removed from eBay after it was originally listed with a starting price of £10,000. Marjorie Chakravarti from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, …

Brunei releases postal stamps on its butterfliesAuthint MailThe official cover with stamps, the official cover alone, and the stamp booklet also have been put out for sale, priced between 1.30 Brunei dollars (about $1.04) to 4.80 Brunei dollars (about $3.87). According to a survey conducted in 1996, a total of …

RED BLUFF, Calif. — Federal investigators are looking into a driver’s claim that a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened out-of-control across a freeway median and slammed… More: continued here

Bandar Seri Begawan, April 13 (IANS) Brunei's Postal Services Department issued Sunday butterfly-themed stamps to raise awareness on the types of butterflies found in the country. More: continued here

Food stamps help in times of needCincinnati.comThis was an early version of food stamps, now referred to as SNAP. When World War II started, unemployment was high. The food stamps program was a safety net deployed to help Americans. People in need could get help with buying groceries. The stores … …

Las Cruces man pleads guilty in fake stamps caseWashington TimesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A Las Cruces man has pleaded guilty to possessing forged and counterfeited postage stamps with intent to use them. Federal prosecutors say 61-year-old James H. Clark Jr. entered a plea agreement Thursday. He was ordered …Las Cruces man …

Everybody knows the best part about a big fight is the making up. So after a brief but very contentious public shareholder fight, Carl Icahn and eBay’s board have chosen… More: continued here

eBay Disregards Sellers Default Charity When RelistingEcommerceBytes (blog)Could you do an investigation into how eBay decides which charities to use as defaults on its listing form? Something strange and offensive is going on. I choose my favorite charity, City Harvest, and enter it on a listing; then on my next …