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A St. Louis, Missouri woman has been sentenced for stealing packages from the United States Mail. More: continued here

Businessweek Meet a Postal Service groupie, the woman who will collect every stampWashington PostThe U.S. Postal Service's attempts to attract new stamp fans in this e-mail era can be seen in Tittle's stamp albums, which fill a file cabinet, television stand, computer armoire and three bookcases in her home. Stamps …

Meanwhile, sales of Mein Kampf going strong eBay has banned auctions of CDs and merchandise by Norwegian musician Varg Vikernes, on grounds that Vikernes holds views that the company deems offensive.… More: continued here

Is the Postal Service ruining stamps? Sales are in decline, and the agency's efforts to shore up revenue with pop culture have some philatelists in an uproar. More: continued here

THE last collection time at almost 50,000 Royal Mail post boxes is to be made earlier under plans that will see mail picked up by delivery staff during their daytime rounds. More: continued here

The Independent Half of post boxes to be emptied once a day as Royal Mail cuts costsThe Independent“The majority of postboxes will retain a 4pm or later final collection as they have now,” the Royal Mail said. “We will ensure that there is a late posting box within half a …

Ex-Postmaster General Decries Pop Culture StampsNewsmax.comBailar, a well-known philatelist, was reacting to an ongoing major flap in the arcane world of stamp collectors, largely triggered when the USPS late last year launched a series of 16 "Harry Potter" stamps featuring characters from the British books … More: continued here

Official quits stamp board, accuses Postal Service of 'prostituting' program …MyFox ChicagoThe Washington Post reports that Benjamin F. Bailar — a former postmaster general who sat on the Citizens' Advisory Stamp Committee — sent a letter of resignation to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe detailing his concerns with the direction of …

Feelgood Style Lakeland artist's work chosen for Farmers' Market postage stampsTwinCities.com-Pioneer PressThe U.S. Postal Service this week unveiled a set of four Farmers' Market postage stamps, each illustrated by Moline, an artist and illustrator from the St. Croix River community of Lakeland, Minn. "This is the first stamp I've done," …

The Calgary Stampeders didn't worry about their offensive line at all last season. More: continued here