For more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images of Americana worthy of gracing U.S. postage stamps. While its rulings have been advisory, they long carried the weight of writ. On Tuesday, the U.S. …

A collector credits a hunch with helping him land one of just 100 sheets of stamps recently issued by the United States Postal Service featuring a corrected version of its rare and famous error, the 1918 "inverted Jenny." More: continued here

Price of Stamps Going Up in 2014 – Government – Plainfield, IL PatchPatch.comIf you're someone who uses a lot of stamps, you'll want to start stocking up on Forever stamps before prices rise. On Jan. 26 the cost of a first-class postage stamp will rise to $.49 from $.46, according …

Hull Daily Mail Hull City: Tom Huddlestone's hair up for auction on eBay after goal against FulhamHull Daily MailA clump of Tom Huddlestone's hair cut off during his goal celebrations on Saturday has been put up for auction on eBay. The Hull City star scored in the 6-0 rout of …

3rd January 2014 marks the day when MaltaPost will issue a set of three stamps in the series 'Treasures of Malta’. The stamps illustrate fountains located in Attard, Floriana and Gozo and bear a face value of €0.42, €0.59 and €1.25 respectively. More: continued here

eBay Inc : eBay Assigned Patent4-traders (press release)ALEXANDRIA, Va. , Dec. 30 — eBay , San Jose, Calif. , has been assigned a patent (8,615,440) developed by Neelakantan Sundaresan , Mountain View, Calif. , for a system "to determine a first reputation value for a first user." The patent application …

'All I Wanted Was A Roll Of Stamps.."Florida Times-Union (blog)Well, it is the Holidays again, and I needed to return all those presents and say thanks for all those cards, and then start making plans for next year, so I tried to make it simple. All I needed was a …

By Ryan Teague Beckwith Digital First Media Forget about Bitcoin. Forever stamps may be the world's most overlooked investment opportunity. More: continued here

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San Francisco Chronicle Pa. man lands 'corrected' 1918 stampsSan Francisco ChronicleBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A collector credits a hunch with helping him land one of just 100 sheets of stamps recently issued by the United States Postal Service featuring a corrected version of its rare and famous error, the 1918 …