Historical bridges on new stamps (The Star)

Done your duty? Stamp Duty is mandatoryTimes of IndiaBangalore: Not many of us are aware that there are 55 kinds of documents (read instruments in registration jargon) which require stamp duty to be paid on …and more » More: continued here

WGN-TV New petition pushes for food stamps for pets | WGN-TVWGN-TVA new petition wants to expand food stamps to include food for pets. Currently, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits only cover food for people.and more » More: continued here

Multnomah County food pantries see uptick in visitors as food stamps cuts take …The OregonianWhen lawmakers approved $5 billion in cuts to the federal food stamps program starting last November, Multnomah County's food pantries felt the shock waves. The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, resulted in an … More: continued…

Proactive Investors UK Stanley Gibbons full-year results 'encouraging', to launch rare stamp…Proactive Investors USA & CanadaStanley Gibbons Group PLC (AIM: SGI), specialised in stamps, autographs/memorabilia and related investment products, said results for the year ended …Profit warning stamps down Stanley Gibbons sharesThis is LondonStanley Gibbons flags profit below expectationsIBTimesall 7 news articles » More: continued here

Food Stamp Participation Doubled Among Able-Bodied Adults After Obama …Heritage.org (blog)The welfare reform of 1996 requires that after three months on food stamps, recipients be engaged in some kind of work activity for at least 20 hours a week. Tucked away in the mammoth 2009 so-called “stimulus” spending bill was the suspension of this ……

Postcards probably started as a marketing program of the postal service to sell stamps, hence the original name “postal card” in the late 1860’s. Perhaps, one lazy afternoon sales of stamps were slow, and some bright postal director thought of a way to have people buy stamps without needing to write long letters. More: continued…