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From William Pitt the Younger to Thatcher, key British Prime Ministers of the past 200 years feature on the latest Royal Mail stamps. The stamps can be bought individually or as a set in a Presentation Pack for £6.90. More: continued here

Chronicling Gandhi's life through stampsTimes of IndiaVADODARA: From Mahatma Gandhi's freedom struggle to his visits abroad, a city-based chartered accountant (CA) has chronicled the life of Gandhi through his collection of postal stamps. Suresh Thakkar, 70, who is inspired by the life of Mahatma Gandhi, … More: continued here

Yesterday's News: Reno Co. was pilot area for food stamps in 1964Hutchinson NewsNew fronts in the "War on Poverty" opened in Kansas as a result of the Food Stamp Act that was recently signed by President Lyndon Johnson. Reno County was one the 43 pilot areas across the nation. 1989. …

Detroit Free Press Kids who stick with stamp collecting are rewardedThe Augusta ChronicleAt the Postal History Foundation in Tucson, Ariz., Lisa Dembowski and her colleagues work with more than 14,000 kids each year in person and online, sharing lesson plans with teachers and sending packets of stamps to kids. Dembowski …

Kalamazoo Undersheriff stamps out crimeWWMT-TV"Most people know me as the Kalamazoo County Undersheriff," says Pali Matyas, who enjoys collecting stamps in his free time. "I started stamp collecting with my older brother when we were about eight or nine years old. My dad would take the stamps off … More: …

St. Cloud Times 5 reasons why your kid should collect stampsSt. Cloud TimesAt the Postal History Foundation in Tucson, Arizona, Lisa Dembowski and her colleagues work with more than 14,000 kids each year in person and online, sharing lesson plans with teachers and sending packets of stamps to kids. Dembowski …

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares yesterday announced that local cigarette manufacturers have until tomorrow to affix tax stamps on every cigarette pack. The BIR chief extended the original October 1 deadline prescribed by Revenue Regulations No. 7-2014 due to technical problems encountered in the printing of …

Detroit Free Press 5 reasons why your kid should collect stampsDetroit Free Press"I had a group of high school students in my French class roll their eyes at me when I asked if they had any interest in stamps," South Carolina high school teacher Donna Boggs wrote to Rizzo. "But …

The Bombay high court has sought an explanation from the Maharashtra government about the shortage of court fee stamps, which are required by advocates and litigants. More: continued here

It was almost surreal seeing Fred Stamps practise with the Edmonton Eskimos second-team offence at Commonwealth Stadium on Friday. More: continued here