A pair of rare stamps bearing a picture of Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen sold for over $700,000 at a sale in Hong Kong on Saturday, auction house Zurich Asia said. More: continued here

Bloomberg Chinese Stamps Sell for Record $709000 at Hong Kong AuctionBloombergThe pair of vertically attached stamps of the Chinese revolutionary figure is particularly rare because of an error in which the $2 sign is printed upside down, Zurich Asia said in a press release. The previous highest price for a …

AFP Rare Sun Yat-sen stamps sell for $700000AFPHONG KONG — A pair of rare stamps bearing a picture of Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen sold for over $700,000 at a sale in Hong Kong on Saturday, auction house Zurich Asia said. The 1941 blue and black stamps, rare because the …

Herald Scotland Royal mail's guide to the galaxyHerald ScotlandA set of new stamps celebrating Britain's contribution to space exploration is being issued by the Royal Mail. A set of new stamps celebrating Britain's contribution to space exploration is being issued by the Royal Mail. Tweet. Photos: Royal Mail/PA … More: …

Daily Mail Space? We've got it licked: Royal Mail releases set of stamps to commemorate …Daily MailA set of new stamps celebrating Britain's contribution to space exploration is being issued by the Royal Mail. The six stamps, which go on sale next week, mark the 50th anniversary of the launch …

A pair of 1941 Dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps from China sold for HK$5.5 million ($709,000) in Hong Kong, setting a world auction record, Zurich Asia auction house said today. More: continued here

Riders gird for reborn StampsMontreal GazetteEDMONTON — The Saskatchewan Roughriders remain wary of slotback Fred Stamps, who recently reclaimed his position as the Edmonton Eskimos' go-to receiver. Stamps had become an afterthought while Edmonton struggled through a five-game losing …and more » More: continued here

San Francisco Chronicle Calif. tech companies branching into Pacific NWSan Francisco Chronicle"We want the renaissance engineers out there, the guys that see the big picture," said Kevin Hurst, who worked at Oregon tech companies InFocus, Extensis, Digimarc and Ensequence before joining eBay last year as vice president of mobile products.and …

ITV News Cumbrian robbers jailed for outrageous post office raidNews & StarMatthew Scott, 25, and Kye Halliburton, 21, raided the post office and shop in Wetheral, near Carlisle, because they thought it would be a soft target. Jailing them for a total of 12 years, Judge Paul Batty QC told …

Fake gun post office raider jailedThis Is LancashireA ROBBER built an imitation shotgun in his garage from pieces of pipe before holding up a Harwood post office while wearing a monkey mask, a court heard. But Kris Whittaker's attempts to pay off drug and loan debts through crime failed and …