stamps

Stamp collection up for auctionTVNZ, New Zealand –4 hours agoStamps collected by a quiet and unassuming civil servant in Wellington have sold at auction for almost $400000. Before David Jarvis died last year, …Rare stamp sells for $16000 at auctionRadio New ZealandJarvis stamp collection under hammerRadio New ZealandCollection set to bring $400000New …

Prague- The collection of postage stamps that was owned by missing businessman Lambert Krejcir, father of fugitive Radovan Krejcir, fetched 13.65 million crowns at auction in Prague today. More: continued here

Rare stamp sells for $16000 at auctionRadio New Zealand, New Zealand –54 minutes agoWhen Mr Jarvis died last year he left about 500 lots of stamps, including more than 40 of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black. …Jarvis stamp collection under hammerRadio New ZealandCollection set to bring $400000New Zealand Heraldall …

Future hazy on tobacco situationTulsa World, OK –5 minutes agoBy MICK HINTON World Capitol Bureau Whether the state can control the sale of cigarettes with 6-cent stamps is in dispute. OKLAHOMA CITY — Although the … More: continued here

Over half of Texas households might be eligible for food stamps. Including many here in the Panhandle.  More: continued here

Rising food prices hard on food stamp recipientsSpringfield News Sun, OH –1 hour agoAt 68 and retired, French is living on social security and $60 a month in food stamps. With food prices rising, such as the 13 percent increase in dairy …Food stamp use hits all-time high in Ohio13abc.comall 2 news …

Animated pig inspires love of stampsCanada.com, Canada –1 minute agoHer pig-themed stamp collection, currently at more than 1000 and growing, is on display at the Edmonton Stamp Show at the Fantasyland Hotel. … More: continued here

What foods are eligible for purchase with food stamps? More: continued here

One in 6 West Virginians on Food Stamps: ; Officials Say Higher …RedOrbit, TX –21 hours agoBy JUSTIN D. ANDERSON About one in every six West Virginians gets food stamps, the highest level of participation in at least 30 years. … More: continued here

Via your letters page, may I thank whoever left the bag of used stamps recently on my doorstep. These will go, with many others, to either St Luke’s Hospice or Oxfam. More: continued here