By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing the package delivery company of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people's homes, violating a 2006 settlement. Monday's lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan and seeks $52 million of civil …
Read More »Man says hunch helped him land sheet of rare 'corrected' 1918 stamps
In this combination of two 2013 photos released by the United States Postal Service, a reissue of two versions of the famous “Inverted Jenny” postage stamp is shown. The original 1918 stamp was printed with the upside-down bi-plane by mistake. More: continued here
Read More »Glow-in-the-dark stamps mark parks devt body’s 50th anniversary – GMA News
Inquirer.net Glow-in-the-dark stamps mark parks devt body's 50th anniversaryGMA NewsStamps with glow-in-the-dark ink mark the 50th anniversary of the National Parks Development Committee, the Philippine Postal Corp. said Monday in a post on its website. PhlPost said it started issuing the P20-denomination stamps last Dec. 5, and will …PHLPost releases Year …
Read More »Rate hike at the post office
PRINCETON — In less than a month, Bureau County residents will join the rest of the nation in paying more to send their first-class mail. The cost to send first-class mail will increase by 3 cents on Jan. 26, from the current 46 cents per stamp to 49 cents. More: …
Read More »Rate hike at the post office – bcrnews.com
Bayoubuzz Rate hike at the post officebcrnews.comOn Monday, Princeton Post Master Shannon Mattingly said people can still buy Forever stamps at the 46 cent rate from the post office— but only until Jan. 26 when the new rate goes into effect. All Forever stamps, regardless of what year they were …
Read More »NYC sues FedEx over cigs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing the package delivery company of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people's homes, violating a 2006 settlement. More: continued here
Read More »Stamp-price hike to 49 cents won’t bother some in region – Sentinel and Enterprise
Stamp-price hike to 49 cents won't bother some in regionSentinel and EnterpriseAda Rodriguez of Leominster said her family lives all over the country and in Puerto Rico. She speaks to them often on the phone, but said she's still sending them mail almost constantly. She said she buys her mother …
Read More »LeBron's Hummer from high school up on eBay
The 2003 Hummer H2 driven by LeBron James when he was in high school is now on the eBay auction block. More: continued here
Read More »Traffic study coming for Post Office corner
A traffic study is coming to the Post Office Corner in Liverpool. More: continued here
Read More »Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stamp – Chicago Daily Herald
CNBC.com Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stampChicago Daily HeraldWASHINGTON — For more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images of Americana worthy of gracing U.S. postage stamps. While its rulings have …
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