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The Royal Mail has prompted outrage by including family planning pioneer Marie Stopes in a set of stamps marking women’s achievement. More: continued here

Long wait for stampsDaily Iberian, LA –3 hours agoLosing everything in her refrigerator and freezer in the wake of Hurricane Gustav, Landry said she thought it would help to apply for emergency food stamps, … More: continued here

Vermont Public Radio Governor to raise eligibility limit for food stampsRutland Herald, VT –14 hours agoJames Douglas on Wednesday announced an expansion of the food stamp program to 30000 more Vermonters. Starting Jan. 1, 2009, the eligibility limit for foods …Vermont will expand Food Stamp eligibility to 30000 householdsVermont Public RadioUPDATE: Governor …

Stamps breakfast nets $64500Calgary Herald,  Canada –13 minutes agoIn addition to fundraising efforts at the breakfast, the Stamps once again teamed up with CUPS on the game-day sponsorship program. Each regular-season game … More: continued here

Gustav and Ike Updates: New Orleans Blue Roofs, Food Stamps…Bayou Buzz, LA –3 hours agoFollowing an incident where a tent collapsed at a food stamp distribution site in St. James Parish earlier today, the Louisiana Department of Social … More: continued here

Offer food stamps to everyoneThe Times-Picayune – NOLA.com, LA –8 hours agoAs I type this letter, I am shaking my head listening to the frustrations of people on the radio about the emergency food stamp program. … More: continued here

PM stamps exit dateEdmonton Sun,  Canada –2 minutes agoBy KATHLEEN HARRIS, NATIONAL BUREAU CHIEF TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will not waver on its plan to withdraw troops from … More: continued here

Dina Dunn to represent Oeko-Tex on Green Stamps Eco-Textile ExpoFibre2fashion.com, India –1 hour agoOeko-Tex will be part of the Green Stamps expert panel which will give attendees practical advice on textile certification programs to support their … More: continued here

Error plagues duck stampsNews & Observer, NC –46 minutes agoWASHINGTON – People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line because of a printing error the government … More: continued here

The largest holding in the world of 1906 Christchurch exhibition stamps will go under the hammer at Mowbrays international auction in Wellington next month. More: continued here