Post Danmark launches mobile alternative to stampsPost and ParcelPost Danmark is launching a new service so customers can use mobile phones to pay postage fees – eliminating the need for a stamp. Mobilporto (Mobile Postage) “enables users to frank their letters in a handy and quick way regardless of where …

People in Denmark and Sweden will soon be able to receive codes sent by text message that can be used instead of stamps ( ZDNet UK – Emerging Tech ) More: continued here

Post office is a vital link in St. Helena historyNapa Valley RegisterThe Masonic Building with the Carver and Phillips store and post office, circa 1879. Courtesy of Christopher Hill St. Helena's post office— which turned 70 last week — hasn't always been the familiar solid edifice on Main Street with …

Mountain Home Post Office staff shrinks; mail volume down 10-15 percentBaxter BulletinIf the clerks at the Mountain Home Post Office seem a little harried from time to time, there's a reason for that. The office's clerk staff is down by five since the beginning of 2010 due to planned and …

Hawaiimagazine.com (blog) Hawaiian artist Herb Kane dies at 82Honolulu Star-AdvertiserHis paintings have appeared on seven US postage stamps, as well as stamps for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and French Polynesia. Kane's Hawaii commemorative stamp for the US Postal Service, celebrating 50 …Herb Kane …

Healdsburg City Council to appeal post office decisionPatch.comNew post office site on Foss Creek Circle. Healdsburg City Council bypassed a formal complaint process and instead decided to launch right into an appeal to protest the US Postal Service's recent … More: continued here

The Guardian (blog) Do the Royal Mail's new stamps cast the right spell?The Guardian (blog)Photograph: Royal Mail/PA Would you trust Lord Voldemort to deliver your letters? That's the question I ask myself as I contemplate the Royal Mail's new stamps release, which has Harry Potter's arch-enemy (Ralph Fiennes from the …

Food Stamps CAUpdated DaileyAround 3 million Californians benefit from the food stamp program, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Based on the large number of beneficiaries, several would say that it is a clear sign of exactly how important the …Social Medium: Diego's food stamp program needs …

PNEFC Marie Curie Shirts On EbayPNEFCA rare selection of worn Preston North End shirts featuring the Marie Curie Cancer Care logo are up for grabs on ebay. The shirts, worn in Preston's npower Championship clash with Leeds United at Deepdale, will be available to bid on until March 19th. …and …

The U.S. Postal Service’s branch office on Washington Road will shut down Friday, a development that no one is happy about, said Commercial Business Districts Manager Eric Milliron. More: continued here