BBC News Stamps celebrate Jersey's finance industryBBC NewsJersey Post has commissioned a new set of stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the island's finance industry. The stamps have been printed on special paper and embossed so they look like banknotes. The liard, a copper monetary unit used in the … …
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POLICE are calling on the public to help them identify a beanie-clad man who threatened staff with guns before robbing two Australia Post shops in Brisbane. More: continued here
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