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Eiffel Tower, opened in 1889, stands tall on French stampsLinn’s Stamp NewsThe Eiffel Tower is the main feature of the cover of this folder from the 1999 Philexfrance stamp exhibition. Inside the folder is a Masterpieces of Art souvenir sheet issued for the show and an entry pass. A cutout …

Nasdaq Commit To Purchase Stamps.com At $60, Earn 8.9% Annualized Using OptionsNasdaqInvestors eyeing a purchase of Stamps.com Inc. (Symbol: STMP) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $91.04/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put … More: continued here

Specialty perforation gauge for US stamps: US Stamp NotesLinn’s Stamp NewsThis specialist perforation gauge was invented by Richard Kiusalas in the mid-1960s. It is a useful tool for the expertizer of United States stamps because it measures in tenths of an inch, and provides more precise measurements than the standard …

MARTY RUSSELL: Remember the time of postage stamps? I thought notNortheast Mississippi Daily JournalPostage stamps were a pre-Internet means of communication, much like actual speech, Morse Code, land-line telephones and smoke signals. They were tiny (i.e. “the size of a postage stamp”) pieces of paper with some form of art …

whnt.com NASA unveils new planet-themed stamps for the USPSwhnt.comYou can now embark on a tour of our solar system- from the innermost planet Mercury to the dwarf planet Pluto- just by visiting your local United States Post Office. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued two sets of postage stamps Tuesday …

Classic Engraved Images Appear on New Forever Stamps Dedicated TodayEconoTimesNEW YORK, June 1, 2016 — Engraved stamps are much-beloved by stamp collectors, or philatelists as they sometimes are known. So it's only fitting that the U.S. Postal Service today dedicated a souvenir sheet featuring new engravings of classic 19th …and …

How Postage Stamps Are The Ultimate Design ChallengeCo.Design (blog)Stamps aren't the sexiest of graphic design mediums. They call to mind nerdy kids carrying around stamp books or tweedy old guys with tweezers and a magnifying glass. They do, however, present an interesting design challenge: how do you effectively … More: continued …

Hundreds of thousands lose food stamps in FloridaMarketplace.orgDuring the recession, it was easier to get food stamps if you needed them. But now that the economy is improving, it's becoming harder because certain states like Florida, Alabama and South Carolina are again requiring people to show that they're working. More: …

New Straits Times Online Husband and wife charged with possessing doctors' stamps to make fake MCsNew Straits Times OnlineSEREMBAN: A man and his wife were charged at the Magistrate's Court here today with possessing counterfeit stamps with the intention to create fake medical leave certificates (MCs). Arifin Musa, 34 and …

Stuff.co.nz Government rubber stamps $133.3m science facility programmeStuff.co.nzAgResearch will proceed with shifting about 199 staff to Lincoln and Palmerston North after the Government approved its business case for a $133.3 million project to future-proof its science and facilities. The research organisation can now go ahead …and more » More: continued here