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Lancaster Newspapers Ironworker's invention is in the mailLancaster Newspapers, PABy MANDY STOLTZFUS, Staff Writer Putting stamps on envelopes was taking time away from what Beiler loves to do in his Narvon shop — work with iron and steel. He is a hands-on man, a motivated businessman, most of all an iron …

Should You Invest in Forever Stamps?Wall Street Journal Blogs, NYBy Phil Izzo As the US Postal Service boosts the price of a stamp today to 44 cents from 42 cents, many Americans who missed the opportunity to pick up some forever stamps yesterday are wondering about the investment opportunities for postage …

Pak Mail offering free stampsGreenwich Citizen, CTWhen the US Postal Service announced an increase in first class postage from 42 to 44 cents, the Pak Mail Center at 16 North Water St., Byram, decided to offer the public free 2-cent stamps. The new postal rate went into effect May 11, … …

Actors' Equity Launches Bid for Commemorative StampAFL-CIO, DCby James Parks, May 24, 2009 Actors' Equity has launched a nationwide campaign to become the first union honored with a US postal stamp. The union is petitioning the US Postal Service to issue a stamp commemorating the union's 100th birthday on May 26, …

Udupi:`Students can Learn from Stamps, Coins'Daijiworld.com, IndiaUdupi, May 24: An exhibition of coins and stamps titled “Numishilpa-09” was inaugurated here on Saturday. Coins belonging to the periods of Shatavahana, Kushana, Chola, Mughal, Tipu Sultan, Vijayanagara rule, East India Company, Portuguese rule in … More: continued here

Utahns still pouring in for food stamps and aidSalt Lake Tribune, United StatesBy Julia Lyon Though the latest unemployment numbers suggest the recession may be slowing in Utah, families continue to flock to food stamps and pantries to keep their stomachs full. As of last month, food stamp use in Utah …

Sour economy swells food stamp rollsAsheville Citizen-Times, NCSo the 38-year-old Asheville mother of two joined the rapidly growing ranks of North Carolinians pushed by the economic slump into the state food stamp program. “It was very hard to do that because I want to be able to be independent and take …

REGION: County's food stamp program falls short, critics sayNorth County Times – Californian, CAAfter years of criticism that the county's food stamp program did not reach enough poor families, the county recently approved a plan to increase access. Local advocates say the changes don't go far enough. The county's plan aims …

Food stamps exist to help struggling families get enough to eat. More: continued here

The First Modern Postage Stamp – Penny Blackclusterflock, TXThe Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp of a public postal system. It was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May 1840, for use from 6 May of that year. Although all London post …