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NZ Post make 90th birthday stamps for the Queen
Newshub Queen Elizabeth II may be getting her face on a series of New Zealand stamps for her 90th birthday, but she'll have to wait until June to get her present from Down Under. To celebrate the Queen's birthday today, New Zealand Post has announced it's … |
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In most states and counties, it is common to find a variety of groups catering to the hobby of collecting stamps. People engage in stamp collecting as a general interest; other times they are in it because of the possibility of profit in collecting rare stamps. This profit comes from the fact that s More:…
Rare Brazilian stamp series, printed in 1843, sells for more than …International Herald Tribune, France –21 minutes agoAP NEW YORK: A rare Brazilian stamp series known as the "Pack Strip" has sold for $2185000 at a Manhattan auction of early South American postage stamps. … More: continued here
Evening Standard Stanley Gibbons eases its gloom by selling the 'Holy Grail' of stamps …Evening StandardA rare piece of good news from collectibles seller Stanley Gibbons, which recently issued a profit warning, saw its auditor resign and is trying to raise £10 million …A collector spent half a million pounds on a 1p postage stampTelegraph.co.ukBritish stamp…
FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay Bill would block use of 'food stamps' for sodaFOX 13 News, Tampa BayTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) – A Florida House Republican filed a proposal Friday that seeks to prevent people from using food-assistance benefits to buy soft drinks. The bill (HB 47) by Rep. Ralph Massullo, a dermatologist from Lecanto, is…
Price of stamps goes upChannel TelevisionA stamp for next-day local delivery is going up by three pence to 42p. Standard three day delivery is rising by a penny to 37p. And a UK stamp will cost 50p. Jersey Post says the move is because Royal Mail has put its prices up and because people are…
WGAN News US postage stamps slated to increaseMiamiHerald.com (registration)Get ready to shell out another penny per stamp in 2013 — U.S. Postal Service prices are on the rise. Effective January 27, the price of a first-class Forever stamp will increase by one cent to 46 cents, with postcard postage also rising by a penny as…