Today in History – May 13The Associated Press –2 hours agoToday's Highlight in History: On May 13, 1918, the first US airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were introduced with a face value … More: continued here
The Winchester Star The Winchester StarThe Winchester Star, VA –40 minutes agoAll of the envelopes sported stamps purchased earlier in the day for 42 cents apiece. Postage for first-class letters rose by a penny on Monday. … More: continued here
The superdelegates aren't mere rubber stampsThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJ –1 hour agoAs the Democratic presidential race concludes and neither candidate can amass enough elected delegates to win the nomination outright, the role of the … More: continued here
Oil City Derrick Latest stamp price increase reflects growing fuel chargesOil City Derrick, PA –2 hours agoAnd with stamps now costing 42 cents, letter-writers and bill-payers will inevitably be paying more. "It's bound to go up as long as fuel is the way it is," … More: continued here
Albany — The price of a first class stamp and other mail services went up one penny Monday. South Georgians say it’s another blow to already thin tight budgets. People at the Albany post office were buying one cent stamps, or having to pay 42 cents for a first class stamp. More: continued here
Here’s yet another price jump….stampsTaunton Daily Gazette, USA –8 minutes agoWe can now add stamps to that list as well. Monday was the debut for the new 42-cent stamp — rising one penny from the previous cost of 41 cents. … More: continued here
'World Stamp Championship' slated for Tel Aviv expoJerusalem Post, Israel –May 11, 2008More than 2600 exhibition frames of stamps from 70 countries will be on display at the event, organized by the Israel Philatelic Federation and the Israel … More: continued here
Collier, Lee food stamp applications up as economy sputtersMarconews (subscription), FL –1 hour agoDCF caseworkers who guide people through the application maze for food stamps or temporary cash assistance are seeing a huge influx of applicants due to … More: continued here
Dean’s stamp of approval for St David issueic Wales, United Kingdom –9 minutes agoONE of Wales’ most distinctive cathedrals features in a set of 10 new stamps released today. The stamps feature black and white photos of the interiors of … More: continued here
Rochester, N.Y. – The cost for a stamp went up again; it’s 42 cents now. When your neighbors were buying “forever” stamps over the past year, you might have been… More: continued here