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Submissions sought for duck stamp art contestEl Defensor Chieftain, NM –5 hours agoThe US Fish & Wildlife Service is seeking submissions from the state's younger artists for service's annual Junior Duck Stamp art contest. … More: continued here

More get food stampsSand Mountain Reporter, AL –5 hours agoOverall, the rolls for the Food Assistance Program — commonly known as food stamps— grew by 18 percent in Marshall County from December 2007 to December …More families using food stampsColumbia Daily Heraldall 2 news articles More: continued here

DCF Supervisor Accused Of Stealing $24K In State FundsMSNBC –2 hours agoA supervisor in the program that distributes food stamps and other funds to needy families is accused of stealing $24000 in state funds. …Fla. woman charged in food stamp theftMiamiHerald.comState social worker charged with theft of assistance money, food …Florida …

Maury County’s food stamp usage among families increased 10 percent this year, despite a lowered unemployment rate. The trend mirrors the 10 percent increase in statewide families who used the federal nutrition assistance, which went up from 404,000 to 440,000 between January to November. More: continued here

Annual commemorative stamp subjects are highly guarded — and anticipated — by the philatelic community and others, like me, who love the mail, write lots of letters and look forward to their own mail moment every day. More: continued here

More families using food stampsColumbia Daily Herald, TN –53 minutes agoBy Staff Reports Maury County’s food stamp usage among families increased 10 percent this year, despite a lowered unemployment rate. … More: continued here

News-antique.com (press release) World’s 3rd Largest Auction Firm Re-Enters Stamp MarketNews-antique.com (press release), NY –5 hours agoHA.com), the world’s third largest auction company, is re-entering the philatelic market after 15 years with its Inaugural Signature® Stamp Auction to be … More: continued here

The cost of sending an ordinary letter within Canada is going up Monday.Starting next week, it will cost 54 cents to mail a typical letter of 30 grams or less, up from 52 cents now.However, if you have some ‘permanent’ stamps in your desk, the ones with a ‘P’ in …

Canada Post on Thursday issued its Year of the Ox stamps to welcome the Chinese New Year, which also marked the launching of the agency’s second 12-year Lunar New Year series after the first round of the Chinese Lunar Calendar collection. More: continued here

One in 10 Floridians is now receiving food stamps, a jump of nearly 30 percent in just one year. More: continued here