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Germany printed World Cup victory stamps before final
Enewspaper of India Berlin: Germany will this week issue a World Cup victory postage stamp, five million of which were printed before the final was even held, officials said. "This year I dared to hope very early on that our team would take the title," said Finance … |
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Postal Service removes machinesBillings Gazette, USA –5 hours agoAnd people just aren't buying enough stamps out of the vending machines to justify the high cost of maintaining them. But even though the vending machines … More: continued here
New Yorker (blog) Why Food Stamps MatterNew Yorker (blog)On Saturday mornings in North Philadelphia, hundreds of people can be found lining up along the sidewalks of West LeHigh Avenue and Sixth Street, near the basement entrance of a local public library. They aren't looking for books, they are looking to … More: continued here
Times of Malta Stamp exhibitionTimes of MaltaSpecially designed cards having five personalised stamps stamped with a commemorative Malta Post handstamp (€2 each) are available. … More: continued here
Katharine Hepburn, Mother Teresa honored on 2010 stampsThat Happened!Mother Teresa and Katharine Hepburn will have their own postage stamps in 2010, the US Postal Service announced last Wednesday. The late Mother Teresa’s … More: continued here
Palm Beach Post (blog) Breaking: New solar eclipse stamp does something no other stamp canPalm Beach Post (blog)The Total Solar Eclipse Forever stamp is the first from the post office to use thermochromic ink, which is sensitive to heat. When the new stamp it is touched, the stamp's image changes from a blacked out sun…
LONDON – THE government insisted on Sunday it was closing a loophole that could see Queen Elizabeth II’s head removed from British stamps if the Royal Mail national postal service is sold to a foreign firm. The monarch’s head, facing left, has appeared on British adhesive postage stamps since their invention with the 1840 ‘Penny…