The Guardian Royal Mail launches prime minister stamp set featuring Margaret ThatcherThe GuardianSo it is something of an irony that less than a year after the coalition government controversially sold off the venerable institution, the Royal Mail has decided to put Baroness Thatcher's head on a stamp for the first …

Fashion Math: eBay + Social Media = Retail JackpotRacked NYWe've noticed a pattern among three of the Bay Area's newer retail success stories. Each company started as an eBay store and successfully harnessed social media to become a major player in the apparel industry. ModCloth launched as an eBay vintage … …

BBC News Royal Mail stamps to show former prime ministersBBC NewsA selection of stamps commemorating former prime ministers is being released by the Royal Mail. The set of eight, which includes William Gladstone, Winston Churchill, Harold Wilson and Margaret Thatcher, will be available from 14 October. William Pitt …Royal Mail …

William Pitt the Younger and Clement Attlee also feature in the new collection – but Benjamin Disraeli, David Lloyd George and Tony Blair do not. More: continued here

Royal Mail plan for earlier collection at 50k post boxesTameBayRoyal Mail will be changing the way it collects mail from post boxes. Between 45k and 50k of the 115k post boxes will move to earlier collection rounds that will typically be serviced by delivery staff. The earlier times will be …

150 NM post offices to see shorter hours, including 8 in Grant CountySilver City Sun NewsEight post offices throughout Grant County will have, or already have, shorter window hours. The reduction in hours is expected to affect Hachita, Buckhorn, Cliff, Mule Creek and Hanover. Post offices in Gila, Mimbres and …

Love Stamps? StampShow Comes to Hartford Aug. 21-24HamletHubThis year's StampShow, the American Philatelic Society's largest annual event, will be held in Hartford at the Connecticut Convention Center (100 Columbus Boulevard) from August 21-24. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, and … More: continued here

LAS CRUCES >> Nearly 150 post offices in rural communities across New Mexico have or will have their hours trimmed over the next year as the U.S. Post Office seeks to cut its budget. Grant County will be affected by the service-hour reduction. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay Helps Chinese Sellers Flood Site with Fake Old ThingsEcommerceBytes (blog)So it came as a big surprise to read in the Atlantic that eBay was in effect helping Chinese manufacturers flood its marketplace with fake old things. Adrienne LaFrance, Senior Associate Editor at The Atlantic, said eBay Marketplaces …

Hightower: Far From a Loser, the Post Office Is a Money-Making OperationThe News HeraldOne public service that people really like and count on is the post office— which literally delivers for us. Antigovernment ideologues and privatization dogmatists, however, hate the very word “public,” and they've long sought to demonize the …