BBC News ‘Bond’ gives his stamp of approvalic Wales, United Kingdom –8 hours agoCUSTOMERS at a Cardiff post office will be left a little shaken, but not stirred, when a special guest arrives to help launch Royal Mail’s first stamps of …UK to launch James Bond stampsRIA NovostiBond to receive stamp memorialInTheNews.co.ukOn Her Maj's postal serviceThe Sunall…
LONDON, December 28 (RIA Novosti) – The U.K. will launch six extra-long stamps to mark the centenary since the birth of Ian Fleming, known as the creator of the world’s best known secret agent, James Bond, Royal Mail said Friday. More: continued here
DALLAS, Texas (AP) — One of the most famously flawed stamps in U.S. history sold for $825,000 to a New York man who bought it slightly cheaper than the record price another “Inverted Jenny” copy fetched at auction last month. More: continued here
The fan says the beard is his good luck charm. MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University fan is showing his Mountaineer pride and putting a prized possession up for bid on Ebay. The prized possession is his beard, one that he has grown since the start of the 2007 football season. More: continued here
Bette Davis will be on postage stamps in 2008. More: continued here
A 70-year-old Tucson, Ariz., man has been charged with attempting to rob the Lenexa post office Wednesday morning. More: continued here
Hindu Sweet smelling stampsHindu, India –4 hours agoIndia Post, for the first time, released perfumed stamps in December 2006. In doing so, they joined a small band of postal administrations like New Zealand, … More: continued here
eBay launched a new feature that lets sellers create flyers they can print out and post in “real world” settings. Sellers can enter their Item number into the eBay Flyer form, and the feature creates a printable flyer pre-filled with information describing the item. More: continued here
eBay Canada is calling December 26 – 30 “National Re-Gifting Week” and is encouraging consumers to sell unwanted gifts on eBay by giving them five free listings. eBay Canada provided some “re-gifting etiquette” as part of its public relations effort, including: don’t re-gift the re-gifter; make a list (if you received a number of gifts…
eBay spokesperson Catherine England confirmed the existence of a glitch on its Shopping.com comparison-shopping engine website that caused some merchants’ ads to appear when they were not supposed to. More: continued here