Telegraph.co.uk Elderly care home residents auctioned off by councils on 'eBay-style' websiteTelegraph.co.ukRos Altmann, a Government adviser and independent expert on care for the elderly, said: “These eBay-style sites highlight the funding crisis for elderly care. It is awful. The idea of bidding for a person is just uncivilised. These are not parcels …Care for elderly…
CBC.ca Justin Bieber's Old Shoes Sell For $50000 On eBayLAistYou can view the completed Bieber listings on eBay. Before that, the food bank sold some collectible cracker tins. According to the AP, Bieber signed all the items when he was home for the holidays. Maybe he caught a Toronto Maple Leafs game too?Justin Bieber's childhood…
Letter: What value do stamps have now?Topeka Capital JournalFor as long as I can remember, and I'm 66, two first class stamps would get a letter delivered to our friends in Canada. This past Christmas, I had such a letter returned demanding an extra 17 cents in postage. Not only did that return cost more…
Halleen: Remember WWII stamps? Green stamps?Sioux Falls Argus LeaderBecause there was a shortage of hundreds of items, each family had a limited amount of rationing stamps to use each month. In addition to gasoline, rationing included food items like sugar and coffee and even some clothing items like nylon stockings. More: continued here
Police: Suspicious package at Henrico post office harmlessWWBT NBC12 NewsPolice said a concerned citizen reported the suspicious package left inside the Regency branch of the post office off Starling Drive near Parham Road. Police responded to the scene just before 1 p.m. Sunday and found the package sitting on a table … More: continued here
Crunchyroll News "Revolutionary Girl Utena" Inspires Irreverent Set of Official Line StampsCrunchyroll NewsYou can now really let your friends know that you have "The Power to Revolutionize the World" as a set of Revolutionary Girl Utena stamps are now being offered at messenger app LINE for 200yen, $2 or 100 Line coins. The digital set…
Saugerties Times Letter: Help save the post officeSaugerties Timesmail The postmaster general plans to Bulldoze 82 plants from across the country including the Mid-Hudson Processing Facility in Newburgh. The date for this closure is April 18. Since 2006 this postmaster general has bulldozed approximately 353 plants. More: continued here
WXII The Triad Car crashes into post officeWXII The Triad… inside at the time of the crash. Officials said the post office will be closed until repairs can be completed. Police said Desimone was inhaling an intoxicating substance while driving. He was released into his parents' custody with a promise to …Teen charged with DWI…
A FEW stamps which lay forgotten in a cigar box in a dusty attic for a century are set to fetch £250,000 when next auctioned. More: continued here
Express.co.uk Stamps found in old cigar box in attic set to fetch £250000Express.co.ukThe sheet of 19th Century Chinese stamps was brought to Britain in 1882 by a missionary returning from Shanghai. It first came to light at a Cotswolds auction, selling for £79,000 as a lot called “A cigar box of early Chinese stamps”, which…