VOTE: Town postmark will disappearThis Is Lancashire, UKROYAL Mail has said there will be no U-turn on its decision to scrap the Bolton postmark from next year. Bolton Council sent a letter to postal bosses last month after councillors agreed unanimously to back a motion, put forward by Conservative leader … …

The Geneva seal: Stamps of approvalFinancial Times, UKMovements could be submitted for inspection and, if they passed a stringent set of tests, the stamp of the State Seal would be applied. Almost 150 years later, it is still possible to make out the small coat of arms of Calvin's city on …

'Aloha from Hawaii' flat rate boxes debut at Waikiki post officeKHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG, HIDozens turned out at the Waikiki post office to celebrate King Kamehameha day with cardboard. Hawaii is the only state to issue these one of a kind boxes which has a logo of Diamond Head on the side. The design …

New Highland post office forces change some do not likeSan Bernardino Sun, CAOn March 14, the city's new post office opened at 7745 Boulder Ave., about a 2-mile drive from the old location at 27169 Baseline St. But not all residents are happy with the move, and some say it doesn't …

Police: Man stole $30K in stampsNew Britain Herald, CTBy LISA BACKUS NEWINGTON — A New Britain man was charged by warrant with first-degree larceny Thursday after an investigation determined he pilfered more than $30000 in stamps from a local shipping company, police said. Khampheng Phengsavath, 52, of 62 … More: continued …

Food stamp applications plummet in Larimer CountyThe Coloradoan, COBy Trevor Hughes • TrevorHughes@coloradoan.com • June 12, 2009 Food stamp applications in Larimer County plummeted more than 24 percent in May, offering some hope that the area economy is improving. According to county officials, 1007 people applied … More: continued here

John Donahoe, CEO of eBay Inc., told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday that he sees signs that the economy is stabilizing. (EBAY) More: continued here

Funding threatens Phoenix post office that homeless useArizona Republic, AZ12, 2009 12:09 PM As the clock ticks closer to 1:30 the line outside the post office window at Lodestar Day Resource Center begins to grow, snaking around the building as people swarm from all edges of the campus. The post office …

An Internet anti-UPS campaign redefines the concept of fairness. More: continued here

Chicago Tribune Old post office to be auctionedChicago Journal, ILBy MICAH MAIDENBERG An ambitious proposal to convert the Old Main Post Office— the 3 million square foot facility that looms over the Eisenhower Expressway near the Chicago River — has fallen though. The United States Postal Service announced Tuesday …Postal service: …