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Sydney Morning Herald Cheaper than Mexico: why Australia Post wants $2 stampsSydney Morning HeraldThe juggernaut of email has so severely curtailed the snail-mail universe that Australia Post is reportedly exploring massive changes in how letters are delivered and the cost to send them. After Monday's release of half-yearly financial results …

Cricket Country Celebrate the World Cup with stampsThe HinduEach stamp features team colours and imagery, as well as the official logo. The cost of one sheet is Rs. 400.00. A discount of 20 per cent is allowed on purchase of five sheets. This rare sheet of stamps– a collector's item …

Sydney Morning Herald Slower delivery and dearer stamps under planned Australia Post reformsSydney Morning HeraldRegular mail will take an extra day to arrive and basic stamps will cost up to $1 under a two-tiered pricing system expected to be announced within weeks by the Abbott government. The government's reform package …

Regular mail will take an extra day to arrive and basic stamps will cost up to $1 under a two-tiered pricing system expected to be announced within weeks by the Abbott government. More: continued here

Editorial: State must clear backlog in food stamps applicationsGazetteNETThe SNAP program, which provides the benefit formerly called food stamps, is widely used in the Bay State. In the First Congressional District alone, 34,327 households were receiving assistance, according to a July 2013 Census Bureau report, or about … More: continued …

MarketWatch Census: 1 in 5 children on food stampsHigh Plains JournalThe number of people receiving food stamps—now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP—spiked through the recession and has stayed at a higher level since. In the 2007 Census survey, 9 million children received SNAP …More than 46 million people …

Noida's cricket crazies flock to post office for World Cup stampsTimes of IndiaSanjay Sharma, the head postmaster at Sector 19, says, "The stamp sheets are available only in select post offices, and the Sector 16 post office is one of them. The sheet is priced at Rs 400. But we …

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) hopes to start affixing tax stamps on alcoholic beverages by the second half of the year, Revenue Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said. More: continued here

Bengaluru, Feb 22 (ANI): A unique stall of the Indian postal department containing postal stamps of aero shows and old aircraft attracted visitors at the Aero Show 2015 in Bengaluru city. More: continued here

Commemorative stamps from the Philippine Postal Corp. will be among the highlights of the University of the Philippines College of Dentistry centennial celebration. More: continued here