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Wednesday Morning Reads: Food stamps, guns and slot machinesJuice (blog)The Sun-Sentinel reports that one in six Floridians is on food stamps. From the story: Figures released this month by the Agriculture Department paint a grim picture of widespread dependence nationwide but especially in Florida, where a record 3.1 …and more » …

Newsday Sweden honors centenary of WWII hero WallenbergNewsdayOrganizers launched a photo exhibition about Wallenberg in Stockholm on Tuesday, and two new stamps that will go on sale in May. The exhibition will tour Hungary, Germany, Russia, Israel, the United States and Canada next year. …Sweden Honors Centenary Of WWII Hero …

Daily Bhaskar Now send letters with personalised postal stampsDaily News & AnalysisBy Kinjal Desai | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA You can use personalised postage stamps this festive season that will definitely bring a smile to the face of your loved ones. Not only that. These stamps, which will bear …

Minnesotans are duck stamp art standoutsBellingham HeraldBy DOUG SMITH – Star Tribune (Minneapolis) When Joe Hautman won the 2011 federal duck stamp contest this fall with his painting of a wood duck, it continued a most remarkable streak. Minnesota's three Hautman brothers – Joe, Jim and Bob – now have …

The Guardian From the archive, 21 December 1942: Stamp fever in wartimeThe GuardianThis time it has come to the stamp collectors, and it is a fever of urgent buying – we won't call it panic buying. It has as yet only touched the inner circle, the experts. It has moved …

Stamp of approval for Chief TecumsehWindsor StarBy Beatrice Fantoni, The Windsor Star December 21, 2011 12:00 AM Chief Tecumseh will at last get his own postage stamp in time for the celebrations of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Canada Post confirmed Tuesday that the stamp – which is …

Investing in stamp collectionThe Bostwana GazetteBotswana Post has initiated a project to encourage collection of stamps, commonly known as philately, at primary schools. Philately is the study and collection of stamps. This is done as a hobby for research purposes, mostly history and for …and more » More: continued here

As Floridians prepare to celebrate the year-end holidays with food and festivity, the U.S. government has delivered some distressing news: the number of state residents who rely on food stamps has nearly tripled since the Great Recession. More: continued here

ISLAMABAD : The government is working on a proposal to paste stamps on cigarette packs to identify smuggled/non-duty paid packets for checking tax evasion, counterfeiting and smuggling. More: continued here

Business Recorder Identification of smuggled cigarette packs: Govt considering pasting stampsBusiness RecorderISLAMABAD: The government is working on a proposal to paste stamps on cigarette packs to identify smuggled/non-duty paid packets for checking tax evasion, counterfeiting and smuggling. Sources told Business Recorder here that the Tax Reform …and more » More: continued …