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Fix up Your Mailbox and Get Ready for Higher Stamp PricesMPBN News, MEIt's time to gussy up your mailbox: Mailbox Improvement Week is on the way, along with a hike in the price of stamps. The US Postal Service designates the third week in May as a time to encourage customers …

A former postal carrier from Macomb Township has been charged with stealing $19,110 worth of stamps and selling them at a discount on the Internet to fund his mortgage payments, according to federal postal investigators. More: continued here

Post Office Raises Cost of StampsBell Gardens Sun, CABy EGP News Service The cost of a first-class mail stamp increased two cents to 44 cents on Monday. The price of a postcard stamp increased 1 cent to 28 cents, the first ounce of a large envelope increased 5 cents to 88 …

Stamp price to jump 2 cents on MondaySpringfield News Sun, OHBy Candice Choi AP 7:47 PM Saturday, May 9, 2009 The price of a first-class stamp is set to jump again next month, meaning you might want to stock up on Forever stamps now. On Monday, May 11, a first-class stamp …

Stamp prices rise at faster rate than gas pricesKansas City Star, MOOver the same period, the price of a first-class stamp in the US has increased 21X, from 2 cents in 1919 to 44 cents in 2009 … according to historical stamp price data available here. … If stamp prices had …

Swedish postal services issue stamp printed in BrailleMonsters and Critics.comStockholm – The Swedish postal services Thursday issued two new stamps that highlight Louis Braille, the creator of an alphabet of raised dots used by millions of visually impaired people worldwide. Both stamps have the text 'see with other eyes' … …

Celebrate Flag Day with new US flag stampNorth Fort Myers Neighbor, FLOne way you can honor the American flag is by using the US Postal Service's Flag stamp on all of your letters year 'round! The new US Flag stamp being issued on June 5 in McLean, Va., will be on …

MyFox Philadelphia Postal worker charged with embezzlementDetroit Free Press, United StatesA Macomb County postal worker charged with stealing more than $19000 in stamps and selling them for discount online to help pay his mortgage was arraigned Tuesday in US District Court in Detroit on an embezzlement charge. John Auito, 42, of …

Ex-postal worker sorry for stamp price increaseCentral Maine Morning Sentinel, ME(Stamps were around three cents at that time.) My first Christmas paycheck that year for 162-hour two-week period was about $320 (before taxes plus paying into our retirement fund). I still had that pay stub until just a few years ago; …

Postage stamps up 2 centsMartinez News-Gazette, CAPostmaster Jeannette Davis said Monday's stamp price increase caused a minor rush on the Postal Service's “Forever” stamp, which is valid regardless of rate increases. “The 'Forever' stamp is very popular, and no matter when you purchase it, … More: continued here