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Two special edition Royal Mail stamps celebrating places in North Staffordshire have been reissued. Stamps celebrating Biddulph Grange and the former Ceramica museum in Burlsem have been re-released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail's Special Stamp programme. The 1983 stamp, celebrating the gardens at Biddulph Grange and …

Leeds boxer Nicola Adams is just one of many Yorkshire personalities and iconic images to have featured on Rail Mail’s Special Stamps – which this year celebrates 50 years. More: continued here

Local names immortalised on stamps More: continued here

50 years of honouring Welsh people, places and events More: continued here

BBC News In pictures: Royal Mail launches special stamps websiteBBC NewsRoyal Mail is celebrating 50 years of its special stamps programme by launching a website showing all 2,663 designs. Visitors to the site will be able to browse the stamps issued since July 1965 when the then-postmaster general Tony Benn …

THE ANGEL of the North, York Minster and Durham Cathedral are just some of the region's iconic landmarks to have been immortalised through stamps in years gone by. More: continued here

Poughkeepsie Journal Wildlife artists compete for stampsPoughkeepsie JournalIt's that attention to detail that has made Hamrick a Minnesota star in the intensely competitive world of wildlife painting, where artists take part in fish and wildlife stamp competitions at the state and national level. These stamps aren't for …and more » More: …

Mankato Free Press Wildlife artists angle for top prizes, prestigeMankato Free PressIt's that attention to detail that has made Hamrick a Minnesota star in the intensely competitive world of wildlife painting, where artists take part in fish and wildlife stamp competitions at the state and national level. These stamps aren't …

Meerut runs out of postage stamps!Times of IndiaWhen Kumar was asked how all the post offices in the district ran out of stamps all of a sudden, he said, "The recruitment procedure for Military Engineer Services (MES) is going on for which each candidate has to use postage stamp worth …

Food Stamps, Subprime and HyperinflationThe Market Oracle“Misspending” means the USDA gave a household either more or less food stamp benefits than it should have received. Historical data shows most misspending results in overpayments.(What's even more incredible is the dollars misspent on food stamps … More: continued here