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The Associated Press QVC will sell memorabilia at Obama inaugurationThe Associated Press –15 minutes agoAmong the items QVC has been selling since the election are a Barack Obama stamp collection, with stamps from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Grenada, … More: continued here

QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration this month — and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell. More: continued here

PR Web (press release) The Year Of The Ox To Be Celebrated With Stamp Designed By FIT …PR Web (press release), WA –2 hours agoSecond of Twelve Chinese Lunar New Year Stamps, All Designed by Kam Mak, to be Unveiled at FIT on January 8. (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 5, 2009 — In …

VietNamNet Bridge – A new set of stamp for collection will be issued this spring with the image of the buffalo, the mascot for this year. The set by painter Nguyen Du (from Vietnam Stamp Company) was selected for production. More: continued here

"Stamps are the Flags of My Small Country": Poets Writing LettersBookslut, IL –1 hour agoPoets operate in the most elevated literary language, words that are, as Ezra Pound said, "charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. … More: continued here

The stamp of authority on the farthingWalesOnline, United Kingdom –5 hours agoIT was an interesting letter from TG Noel Egerton (29 December) asking if there was ever such a thing as a farthing stamp in the UK. … More: continued here

Nhan Dan Buffaloes on the new year stamps– 2009Nhan Dan, Vietnam –5 hours agoNhan Dan – A new set of stamp for collection will be issued this spring with the image of the buffalo, the mascot for this year. The set by painter Nguyen … More: continued here

Low-tech rubber stamp store flourishesCincinnati.com, OH –7 minutes agoOne hundred seven years ago, William B. Hathaway started a rubber stamp shop in the basement of his home on Saunders Street in Mount Auburn. … More: continued here

Food-stamp assistance soarsDubuque Telegraph Herald, IA –6 minutes agoState officials report a sharp increase in the use of food assistance benefits (food stamps) in Iowa. The number of recipients rose 13.6 percent in November … More: continued here

As the economy in New Jersey falters, the state is dealing with a spike in applications for food stamps and cash welfare payments. More: continued here