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‘Simpsons' stamps getting special cancellationSpringfield News Sun, OH – Andrew McGinnThe US Postal Service on Thursday, May 7, will honor the longest-running comedy on TV with the release of five new stamps featuring the animated nuclear family. The Springfield post office — assuming like we all do that the Simpsons' hometown of … …

WOOD-TV No-line stamps, squeezing into coachMLive.com, MIAP While the price of a first-class stamp will increase by 2 cents to 44 cents on May 11, there's still savings-of time and money-to be had online, at the United States Postal Service's Web site. You can buy stamps by the sheet and postage-paid …

Springfield, Colo. hosts special Simpsons stamp eventKTLA, CAThat popular expression made famous by Bart Simpson is expected to be heard several times when the Springfield, CO Post Office and community celebrate the new Simpsons stamps, based on the popular TV show, at a special event in Springfield, … More: continued here

Names of food stamp suspects kept quietJamestown Sun, ND – James MacPhersonStore video shows a man in line behind Schweitzer pocketing the billfold before paying for a case of bottled water with a food stamp swipe card. Jamestown Detective Sgt. LeRoy Gross believed the March theft would be a simple case to solve …

Price of stamps increasingABC 4, Salt Lake CityStarting May 11th the price for a 1 ounce First-Class Mail stamp increases from 42 to 44 cents. The current price of 17 cents– per additional ounce will stay the same. The Postal Service says rising operation costs are to blame for the price …

GILLETTE– For the past 20 years, a growing number of Gillette businesses have mysteriously stopped throwing away their used envelopes. More: continued here

The 2-cent increase in stamp prices may leave some saying “D’oh!” but post office customers can change that exclamation into a “Woohoo!” if they buy Forever Stamps before Monday or purchase the colorful new “Simpsons” stamps. More: continued here

World peace, pop culture rule local stamp designsYork Daily Record, PA – Jess Krout, Jess KroutBy JESS KROUT Art teacher Tammy Cobosco considered encouraging her students to draw stamp designs for the US Postal Service. After all, stamps are artwork with the ability to travel 'round the world. When she arrived at St. Joseph …

Who would you like to see immortalized on a postage stamp?Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV – Greg JordanBy GREG JORDAN BLUEFIELD — If Bart Simpson and his dad Homer can get their own stamps, why not Big Bird and Cookie Monster? Virginia and West Virginia residents had their own ideas Monday about who and …

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