KUALA LUMPUR: Queen Elizabeth has consented to lend her exclusive collection of stamps on Kedah state for display in conjunction with 100 years of postal service in Kedah next year. More: continued here

CBS Local Survey Says Post Office Is Cheaper Way To Ship Over FedEx, UPSCBS LocalDENVER (CBS4) – Money was the busiest day of the year for the post office as folks got their holiday packages in the mail. In Denver the main processing center moved about 200,000 parcels and nearly …

The Post Office is expected to handle billions of packages this week, as last-minute gifts go out ahead of Christmas. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay vs Amazon Becomes Amazon vs GoogleEcommerceBytes (blog)It's hard to remember, but eBay had a "Products Ads" type of offering of its own years ago called eBay Keywords that was popular with many of the eBay PowerSellers who used it. I had speculated in 2005 about the potential …

Research by Royal Mail staff found that the UK has 3,369 Christmas-themed street names, based on analysis of every street name in the nation. More: continued here

The fondest of farewells to the S&H Green StampsJoliet Herald NewsIf you're of a person of a certain age — O-L-D — you'll remember S&H Green Stamps. For the youngsters out there, sheets of little green stamps were rewarded to loyal customers by select businesses. The idea was to amass …

WHDH-TV Send Newtown letters to unique post office boxWHDH-TVNEWTOWN, CT — The U.S. Postal Service has established a unique Post Office Box to allow the public to send condolences to those affected by the tragedy in Newtown CT last week. Those who wish to send expressions of comfort should address …

Crowds pack Sioux City post office on busiest mail day of yearSioux City Journal (blog)SIOUX CITY | On the busiest day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service, people who frequented the now-closed Northside and Morningside post offices stood in long lines with everybody else in the sole office …

WHDH-TV Send Newtown letters to unique post office box – Boston News, New England …WHDH-TVNEWTOWN, CT — The U.S. Postal Service has established a unique Post Office Box to allow the public to send condolences to those affected by the tragedy in Newtown CT last week. Those who wish to …

FC Planning Commission Rubber Stamps Affordable Housing PolicyFalls Church News PressIt took only 10 minutes tonight for the Falls Church Planning Commission to rubber stamp, with a unanimous 5-0 vote, the City's new Affordable Housing Policy document that had come out of the Council only after a sharp division and …