Globe and Mail Royal portrait made of stamps sells for £5000Small world News ServiceThis stunning royal portrait of Prince William and Kate Middleton has sold for £5000 – despite being made entirely of STAMPS. The sticky masterpiece depicts the future King and his bride-to-be in front of the Rose Window at Westminster Abbey – where…
Irish Times Hoping to cash in at coin and stamp fairIrish Times“Probably only drug dealers have them now,” says Mike Kelly, coin collector and an organiser of the Spring Stamp and Coin Fair at the RDS over the weekend. Normally about 100 people attend the fair, one of three held during the year for about…
ZACHARY COLMAN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Cost-cutting legislators want Illinois to join a national push to fight fraud by adding identification photos to Illinois food-stamp cards, an idea that opponents say amplifies a negative stigma about food stamps and targets the poor instead of addressing the real problem. Legislation to study the cost of adding…
Moneycontrol.com US postal bosses issue three billion stamps with image of the wrong Statue of …Mirror.co.ukby Reporter, Sunday Mirror 17/04/2011 Postal chiefs in the US have admitted that an image of the Statue of Liberty on three billion new first class stamps is not the real thing. Sharp-eyed stamp fans spotted a rectangular patch on…
WLS Ill. lawmakers join other states in putting food stamps in the cost-cutting …Greenfield Daily ReporterZACHARY COLMAN AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Cost-cutting legislators want Illinois to join a national push to fight fraud by adding identification photos to Illinois food-stamp cards, an idea that opponents say amplifies a negative stigma about food stamps…Ill. lawmakers join…
Albania President Blocks Costly Tax Stamp DealAlbanianEconomy.comAlbania's President Bamir Topi has vetoed a bill on excise duties which would have opened the way for an agreement with a Swiss company to provide controversial fiscal stamps for Albania's market. CampaignDefending his decision to return the bill to … More: continued here
Japanese rider stamps class in Day 2 of Tour PilipinasGMANews.TVA Japanese rider stole the thunder yesterday as Inoue Kazuo of team Bridgestone/Anchor clinched the second stage of Le Tour de Pilipinas in Iba, Zambales behind a big finishing kick which caught everybody by surprise. Including, yellow jersey wearer …and more » More: continued here
Delaware Duck Stamp: For artist, a trio of trout winsThe News JournalJudges get a close look at some of the entries in DNREC's 2012 Delaware Trout Stamp Contest on Saturday at Owens Station in Greenwood. Funds from the stamps will be used to preserve and improve wildlife habitat in Delaware. … More: continued here
Notary Bonding Agency Association Offers Custom Stamps on its WebsiteOnline PR News (press release)Notary Bonding Agency Association, an online supplier of notary products, notary essentials and other office supplies, has been offering custom stamps on its website. Online PR News – 17-April-2011 –Notary Bonding Agency Association, an online supplier … More: continued here
India stamps its class in the World CupThe Citizen DailyOn April 2, India's batting coalesced against Sri Lanka's 275. Dhoni, the Indian captain, doughtily challenged the onslaught of Sri Lankan bowling by cushioning his younger players from tumultuous pressure that had piled up with the departure of Sehwag …and more » More: continued here