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Ancient Stamps and Our FutureThe Times of Israel (blog)Between 2005 and 2008, our college joined Dr. Mazar in completing digs further south, within the City of David. These excavations revealed a couple of very interesting finds: two bullae (clay document-pieces stamped by the seals of prominent officials). More: continued here

Salt Lake Tribune Living history: Before coming to Utah, a stamp collection saved their lives in …Salt Lake TribuneBorn in February 1901 in Ribnitz, eastern Germany, Max Lichenheim was 7 years old when his father, a collector, gave him a cigar box filled with stamps. Two years later, the youngster …

TSN Stamps drop key contest to rival EskimosCalgary Herald“Offensively, we couldn't really establish a whole lot of consistency in the first half,” commented Stamps' head coach/general manager John Hufnagel. “Our defence was on the field too much in the first half. “In the second half, I took the wind …West …

Hawaii Army Weekly TLW – Stamps strives to take combativesHawaii Army WeeklyAs team members of the 65th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct their weekly combatives practice Sept. 30, 2nd Lt. Jameson Stamps, a native of Houston, Texas, and a engineer officer with Company …and …

UNPA issues stamps Oct. 23 to mark the 70th anniversary of the UNLinn’s Stamp NewsThe United Nations Postal Administration issued six panes of six stamps, each with two different designs, and three souvenir sheets Oct. 23 to celebrate its 70th anniversary. All of the designs reproduce photographs of the U.N. …

Food stamps can be like ATM cards for addictsWorcester TelegramAccording to a July 2015 report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute focused on federal and state anti-poverty policies, less than 1 percent of Food Stamps go to households that are ineligible, and …

Yorkshire Post Printing your own stamps: Who said philately gets you nowhere?Yorkshire PostFor several years now, the Post Office seems to have done everything in its power to prevent you from buying stamps. If your local branch is still open at all, it likely has a queue stretching out of …

This is Money May the force be with you: How to turn modern stamps into investments as the …This is MoneyStar Wars blazes back on to cinema screens this December with The Force Awakens. To mark the occasion, Royal Mail will be issuing a set of Darth Vader stamps. A …

Stamps issued in 1934 marked proclamation of the Syrian republicLinn’s Stamp NewsIn 1930, the State of Syria became the Republic of Syria, and as a result, a new Syrian constitution was put into effect by the French. On Aug. 2, 1934, the Syrian government issued postage and airmail stamps commemorating …

Block of three 1845 New York postmaster's provisional stamps from Miller …Linn’s Stamp NewsPage 170 from Rarity Revealed: The Benjamin K. Miller Collection. Illustrated at top is the original block of 10 New York postmaster's provisional stamps that was stolen from the collection in 1977. At bottom, outlined in red, …