City claims shipper delivered millions of untaxed cigarettes to people's homes More: continued here

Police have appealed for witnesses after an armed robbery at Bletchingley post office on New Year's Eve More: continued here

WalesOnline Make Royal Mail a not-for-dividends company, says Peter HainWalesOnlineHe states: The Government badly undersold Royal Mail shares – rewarding private investors at the expense of taxpayers – by selling the public shares in a service it already owns. And privatisation has also placed the proud legacy of the universal …

EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay Exacerbates Slow Holiday Delivery ProblemEcommerceBytes (blog)Like other retailers and marketplaces, eBay gets aggressive about attracting holiday shoppers with promises of quick delivery – but some sellers said the company went too far and said they weren't sure if it was intentional or a glitch. In late …and …

Local collector finds rare stamp at Waverly Post OfficeMorning TimesArt Van Riper, owner of the Broad Street Exchange, is one of only four people worldwide to have found a sheet of corrected “inverted Jenny” stamp replicas, which he recently purchased at the Waverly Post Office. Pictured, from left, are Van …

Royal Mail PLC : Labour urged: reverse Royal Mail sell-off4-traders (press release)AFUTURE Labour Government should reverse Royal Mail privatisation by turning the postal service into a not-for-dividends company, according to former Welsh Secretary Peter Hain . Mr Hain , who before becaming MP for Neath in 1991 was head of … …

Listings for tablet computers shot up 25% on auction site eBay onChristmas Day, compared with the day before, as Brits moved quickly to offload unwanted presents. More: continued here

Santa's wife sells 'Unique' stamp error, customer enjoys best holiday everNorthdallasgazetteMrs. Claus — a.k.a. retail associate Betty Gable — sold him one of only 100 unique stamp sheets produced to replicate the excitement behind finding the most publicized stamp error in U.S. history — the 1918 Inverted Jenny stamp. In …

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, marks one of the last acts by the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose more than decade-old campaign to ban smoking in various publi…         More: continued here

Postage Stamp Rates Will Increase Again in JanuaryPatch.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 cents from 46 cents, according to the Chicago …