Stamps& Coins: Historic $20 bills bring big returnSacramento Bee,  USA –9 minutes agoQ: I receive mail-order catalogs from several companies selling collectible coins, currency and stamps. At least they say they're "collectible. … More: continued here

Q: A while back, you wrote about the $20 bills found by a riverbank that turned out to be part of the ransom money paid to famed airline hijacker D.B. Cooper. They were going to be sold at auction. Did the money ever sell? If so, what did it bring? …

Older stamp-vending machines removed from Seattle post officesSeattle Times, United States –5 minutes ago"We know that standing in line at the post office can be very, very frustrating," she said. "The automated postal machines allow customers to come in and do … More: continued here

The Lula Post Office has been renamed for a fallen soldier from Georgia. More: continued here

A blonde hair extension that British supermodel Kate Moss reputedly lost in Berlin has been auctioned on eBay for about R9 700, according to reports. More: continued here

MP tackles post office minister over 'perverse' closure plansPlymouth Evening Herald, UK –21 minutes agoLabour MP for Plymouth Sutton Linda Gilroy tackled Post Office Minister Pat McFadden in the Commons over the move to shut branches in her constituency. … More: continued here

MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall’s presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn’t see the humor in the stunt. Max P. More: continued here

Nearly 60 years after Chiang Kai-shek and his battered troops fled the Chinese mainland to Taiwan, scores of Taiwanese packed the first direct tourist flight from Taipei to Beijing, clutching their special edition stamps and souvenir retractable chopsticks. More: continued here

Singapore Post and Macao Post issued joint stamps for the first time here on Friday, which featured popular dishes from Singapore and Macao. The stamp issue’s launch was also in conjunction with Singapore Food Festival, which kicked … More: continued here

After a year filled with damaging doping news, government agencies and sports organizations are now looking to so-called “athlete passports” as a way to stanch the flow of performance-enhancing drugs into sports.These passports aren’t little booklets with colorful stamps from foreign countries. They exist as computer files crammed with intimate …