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Jamaica’s postal department on Friday released three stamps and a first-day cover emblazoned with the images of local track stars in commemoration of the Beijing Olympics in August.This set of stamps was done with a “dash of flair” according to Deputy… More: continued here

Tropical Fruit Stamps Issued at WESTPEX Stamp Show7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY –1 hour agoThey are the new 27-cent Tropical Fruit definitive stamps dedicated today during opening festivities at the 2008 WESTPEX Stamp Show in Burlingame. … More: continued here

House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative deal Friday on a $290 billion, five-year farm bill that would increase spending on food stamps and other nutrition programs while mostly maintaining existing farm subsidies. More: continued here

Multimedia disks, website and postal stamps, devoted to Zarifa …Today.Az, Azerbaijan –4 hours agoAccording to Day.Az, the presentation of a postal stamp and a website was also held. Azerbaijan's Minister of Communication and Information Technologies … More: continued here

Ancient Chinese image on Greek stampsCCTV, China –5 hours agoThis week, the Greek National Postal Service issued a set of stamps marking Sino-Greek Cultural Year. Side by side with the image of a bronze bust of, … More: continued here

Penny Lane Fine Arts & AntiqueAntiques and the Arts Online, CT –1 hour agoFOREIGN STAMPS INCLUDING – Sardinia Stamps including unused and used Imperf, embossed 1851 – 1863 5C thru 80C and newspaper stamps, People's Republic of … More: continued here

Jamaica Gleaner Athletic stars on Olympic stampsJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica –13 minutes agoJamaica's postal department on Friday released three stamps and a first-day cover emblazoned with the images of local track stars in commemoration of the … More: continued here

Valley News Live Tentative Deal Reached in Congress on Farm BillNew York Times, United States –1 hour agoThe bill, which would cost more than $300 billion, includes an increase of $1 billion a year for food stamps and other nutrition aid, and it would make a …Congress sends Bush farm-policy extensionArkansas OnlineFarm …

Coming this fall to a post office near you — nostalgia for the fancy chrome and fins cars of the 1950s. The Postal Service offered a sneak peek Friday at a car show in Carlisle, Pa., at the set of five stamps that will warm the hearts of millions who …

How about 30 postage stamps, not 18.5, for a bushel of wheat?The Prairie Star, MT –2 hours agoHistorically, Montana wheat farmers did infinitely better at the post office than more recently when trading the value of their wheat for postage stamps, … More: continued here