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AZ Central.com Lincoln stamp trove scores nearly $2M at auctionThe Associated PressDALLAS (AP) — A Georgia man's collection of more than 10000 Abraham Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for a total of nearly $2 million. Dallas-based Spink Shreves Galleries on Friday auctioned off the Lincoln-focused …

Food stamps now taken at some farmers' marketsEnterprise-Record, CABy HEATHER HACKING-Staff Writer An innovative program to allow people to use their food stamps to buy locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables earned recognition recently from the Sierra Cascade Region of the Network for a Healthy California. … More: continued here

An innovative program to allow people to use their food stamps to buy locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables earned recognition recently from the Sierra Cascade Region of the Network for a Healthy California. More: continued here

A U.S. Postal Service employee and another man were indicted in a scheme to steal more than half-million dollars worth of stamps and sell them online, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. More: continued here

Postage to increase May 11Clanton Advertiser, AL“In that case, there are two first class stamps we've lost.” But, Breckinridge said the postal service is once again encouraging customers to purchase “Forever Stamps” to ease the impact of the upcoming rate increase. The Forever Stamp allows customers …Stamp prices are going up …

Food stamp errors on riseMiddletown Journal, OHThey awarded her $176 a month in food stamps through January. “If I hadn't had that, I don't know how I would've survived,” she said. Turns out that Beckett earned $94.20 too much to qualify for the program. But she didn't know that when she …

DALLAS — A Georgia man’s collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. Dallas-based Spink Shreves Galleries on… More: continued here

A collector’s 10,000 Abraham Lincoln stamps sold yesterday at a Big Apple auction for nearly $2 million. The collection took 67-year-old William Ainsworth, of Roswell, Ga., more than 30 years to amass. Among the collection’s highlights was a… More: continued here

The head of a Florida agency in charge of food stamps says that call centers in India will no longer handle questions from food stamp recipients who use a debit-like card to buy groceries. More: continued here

Associated Press – April 17, 2009 7:05 PM ET DALLAS (AP) – A Georgia man’s collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. More: continued here