Can't lick inflation: Price of stamps on the riseSandusky Register,  USA –6 hours agoMonday was the first day of the United States Postal Service's one-cent stamp increase which raised the price of stamps to 42 cents. … More: continued here

New threat to post officesNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK –May 11, 2008The NFSP is urgently calling on government to award the contract to run the new Post Office card account (POCA) to Post Office Ltd. It comes as a public … More: continued here

Lichfield Cathedral is putting on special tours and musical performances to celebrate the launch of the Royal Mails new Cathedral stamp series on Tuesday More: continued here

Royal Mail is axing 37 post offices across County Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire. More: continued here

eBay's Aussie PayPal-Only Policy Raises HacklesE-Commerce Times –14 hours agoBy Keith Regan eBay has irked users yet again — this time with plans to require that all transactions on its Australian site be done through its subsidiary … More: continued here

Royal Mail slated for slow deliveriesEdinburgh Evening News, UK –10 minutes agoBy GARETH EDWARDS A CHRISTMAS letter posted first class to an address in Edinburgh took 12 days to be delivered by the Royal Mail, according to a new survey … More: continued here

p2pnet.net eBay says no compulsory PayPal in USp2pnet.net, Canada –20 hours agoIt all starts in Australia on June 17, so does that mean having set the principle there, eBay will issue similar orders to Americans and other users … More: continued here

Northland's NewsCenter Rate increases for postage add upArizona Daily Star, AZ –6 hours agoCustomers can keep using the "forever stamps" they bought before the price increase, but new forever stamps now cost 42 cents each as well. …Postage rates go up todayKTAR.comStamp prices up 1 penny todayPortsmouth Herald Newsall 466 news articles …

Book Proof Original on Auction at eBay for Shelter House CharityPR.com (press release), NY –5 hours ago'Buy It Now' at $150k, and 20 percent of winning bid for donation to Shelter House of Fairfax County, Va. Fairfax, VA, May 13, 2008 –(PR.com)– Authors of … More: continued here

Spen post office closures – updateSpenborough Guardian, UK –3 hours agoEast Bierley post office in Southview Road and the branch at Six Lanes End, Heckmondwike, could be axed as part of national closures. … More: continued here