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San Francisco Chronicle NARAL lunch, the power of choice and Oscar de la Renta stampsSan Francisco Chronicle•The man of our household came trotting back from a post office with a page of 11 “forever” stamps that pay tribute to Oscar de la Renta. One has a picture of the designer, …

Linn’s Stamp News Design specs of Jamaican telegraph stamps highlight Grosvenor saleLinn’s Stamp NewsGrosvenor Auctions held a sale of British Empire and foreign stamps on Feb. 2 in London that included numerous proofs and specimens. One of the most intriguing items was a page from an official archive, dated 1879, …

Linn’s Stamp News A newly discovered Swiss rarity solves one of philately's mysteriesLinn’s Stamp NewsThis recent discovery, the Zurich 6-rappen stamp from position 98 at left showing a flaw before the plate was retouched, or repaired, is the missing piece to a puzzle that has stumped collectors of Switzerland stamps …

Miami Herald Gunnevera stamps himself as Derby contenderMiami HeraldAntonio Sano moved to the United States out of fear. He was kidnapped twice in his home country of Venezuela and held for ransom, at which point he decided enough was enough and brought his family to South Florida. That was in …

Siegel sale features all sorts of 1918 Curtiss Jenny airmail stampsLinn’s Stamp NewsA highlight of Siegel's sale of Price collection was the original letter in which stamp dealer Eugene Klein agreed to buy the Jenny Invert error pane for $15,000 from its discoverer, a clerk named William T. Robey. The …

Linn’s Stamp News The possible problems lurking in your stamp collectionLinn’s Stamp NewsIn commenting on previous columns in this ongoing series on expertizing, a couple of Linn's readers have suggested that it is not only current purchases of classic material that need to be expertized: You might have stamps and …

The Hard Tackle Manchester United 1 Bournemouth 1: Mings stamps Zlatan; Zlatan avenges with an elbow [Video]The Hard TackleThe incident, however, was followed by an equally nasty event as Zlatan Ibrahimovic avenged the stamp with a deliberate and perhaps, equally nasty elbow on Mings inside the Bournemouth box. Miraculously, neither …

Campus news of the week: Sexual misconduct, food stamps and …USA TODAY CollegeWelcome to the weekly Campus news of the week roundup here at USA TODAY College. There are around five thousand colleges and universities in the U.S. …and more » More: continued here

Vertical strip of Washington-Franklin stamps tops $165K at Siegel auctionLinn’s Stamp NewsAmong the more affordable items in the Schwartz collection of Washington-Franklin bluish papers was this charming postcard addressed in a child's hand to Korea, bearing one of the regularly printed 2¢ stamps, which was knocked down for $826 at …

Campus news of the week: Sexual misconduct, food stamps and support for undocumented studentsUSA TODAY CollegeWelcome to the weekly Campus news of the week roundup here at USA TODAY College. There are around five thousand colleges and universities in the U.S. Here's a snapshot of the most compelling stories that …