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Five ways to get more European stamps in your passportGadlingYesterday, I wrote about the fact that European passport stamps have become harder and harder to get. The expansion of the Schengen zone has reduced the number of times tourists are compelled to show their passports to immigration officials. … More: …

Straits Times High-Price Postage: Set of Chinese Stamps Sells for More Than a Million DollarsTIMEThis picture taken on February 25, 2011 shows a model holding a block of four 1968 Chairman Mao stamps (est 774000USD-1032000USD) with an inscription to Japanese worker friends at an auction preview in Hong Kong. Yet …

Students have collected more than 57000 stampsTillsonburg NewsSTRAFFORDVILLE – The public school students of this Elgin County town have collected more than 57000 stamps to help raise money for an international aid group. Since October, Straffordville Public School's … More: continued here

KSN-TV 13 people indicted in food stamp fraud caseKansas.comThat was one of about 2600 transactions at two Wichita grocery stores designed to steal federal food stamp benefits, US Attorney Barry Grissom said Tuesday. More than $580000 in benefits was stolen, he said. Qadeer, 37, and her husband, Muhammad Qadeer …13 …

A collector pays what is said to be a record price for a block of four Chinese stamps from the Cultural Revolution era at auction in Hong Kong. More: continued here

Financial Times (blog) Stamps: China's next bubble?Financial Times (blog)The wave of Chinese money that has crashed through the markets for fine wine, art and antiques is now flooding into the altogether sleepier world of stamp collecting. At an auction in Hong Kong this week, a rare block of four stamps …

Financial Times (blog) Hong Kong sale sets Chinese stamp recordStraits TimesHONG KONG – A RARE stamp set dating back to China's Cultural Revolution has sold for US$1.15 million (S$1.5 million) in Hong Kong, organisers said on Wednesday, setting a world record for Chinese stamps sold at auction. The connected set …

Locals don't bank on DNC's rubber stampCharlotte Observer"We're looking at all the possibilities that a convention brings, whether it's signage or rubber stamps, or advertising specialties like hats, horns or banners. We'd like a piece of that." But Thomas refused to linger in his reverie. … More: continued here

Food Stamps Cause Stampede at the Stores!Fox12IdahoGrocers say it's because food stamps are also paid out on the first. Winco Foods wants the system changed back to how it used to be. As it is now, everyone is shopping on the exact same day. Health and Welfare made the change …

Nampa, Idaho — For a lot of shoppers the first of the month is pay day, but it can also mean mayhem at the grocery store. Grocers say it’s because food stamps are also paid out on the first. Winco More: continued here