When retired commando Malcolm McPherson started house-hunting in the Bulgarian village of Jyulnitza after a distinguished career in the Royal Marines, locals thought they were welcoming a tough military man. So when a genteel woman called Margaret McPherson, who looked uncannily like the ex-marine, moved into his house several months …

NEW YORK — Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year. More: continued here

Rite Aid will keep its Contract Postal Unit open, said Tim Ross, officer-in-charge of Ashland’s Post Office. More: continued here

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WARSAW, Poland – A museum in Poland has acquired a collection of rare Second World War-era postcards, stamps and letters from Polish insurgents who fought their Nazi occupiers during the Warsaw Uprising, the museum’s director said Saturday. More: continued here

Support was soaring last night for a Mail on Sunday campaign to stop Britannia’s removal from British coins after 336 years. More than 45,000 readers have signed a petition to save her More: continued here

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