Mourne Observer Celebration time as Atticall Post Office survives the axeMourne Observer, UK –2 hours agoHe said: “After weeks of intensive lobbying on behalf of the Atticall community and meeting with Royal Mail and their Head of External Relations Mrs …PUBLIC MEETING CALLED TO DISCUSS CLOSUREArbroath Heraldall 2 news articles More: continued …

A strip of three Brazilian postage stamps from 1843 sold for nearly $2.2 million in a New York auction, said Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc.The items were sold at a public auction Thursday of rare South American stamps.The anonymous buyer placed the winning bid for the three bull’s eye …

Posted: Friday, June 06, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. Difficult economic times have left many families turning to local food banks. In Illinois a record number of more than 590 thousand households receive food stamps, and the Tri-States aren’t exempt from the problem. More: continued here

WELT ONLINE Rare Brazilian stamps sell for $1.9 million at NYC auctionSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA –22 hours agoA rare Brazilian stamp series known as the "Pack Strip" has sold for $1.9 million at an auction of early South American postage stamps. …Rare Brazilian stamp series, printed in 1843, offered at New …

June 6 (Bloomberg) — Canada’s main stock index fell, erasing a gain to a record, as Royal Bank of Canada and Research In Motion Ltd. declined. The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index fell 0.2 percent to 14,955.57 at 3:32 p.m. in Toronto, after climbing as high as 15,154.77 earlier. More: …

4PM UPDATE: 1000 PEOPLE BACK POST OFFICE CAMPAIGNExpress & Echo, UK –4 hours agoMore than 1000 people have backed a campaign to retain a post office which has been threatened with closure. Government cost-cutting measures to streamline …Family's fears realised as Post Office confirm branch closuresPortadown TodayPost office users unanimous in anger …

Countess backs post office campaignThe Press Association –39 minutes agoA countess gave her backing to a campaign against the closure of a post office with royal connections. Glamis Post Office in Angus is earmarked for closure, … More: continued here

Abandoned car in canal causes concernWorcester News,  UK –3 hours agoPolice, paramedics and firefighters were all called to Westbury Street, off Lowesmoor, near the Royal Mail delivery depot, when the alarm was raised at 7am … More: continued here

Did you see armed post office raid?Portsmouth News, UK –29 minutes agoBy Chris Owen This is the face of an armed man police are hunting following an attempted Post Office robbery. He turned up at the Post Office counter in … More: continued here

Hundreds sign petition over post office closuresDewsbury Reporter, UK –11 minutes agoBy Claire Armstrong SAVILE Town folk turned out in their hundreds to oppose plans to close their local Post Office. Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik held a public … More: continued here