Bridport and Lyme Regis News Royal Mail stamp celebrating Jane Austen depicts Lyme RegisBridport and Lyme Regis NewsA NEW Royal Mail stamp issued today to celebrate the works of Jane Austen depicts Lyme Regis. To mark the 200th anniversary of her most famous novel Pride and Prejudice, a set of …
Read More »Mitchell to sell Plebgate bike on eBay – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Mitchell to sell Plebgate bike on eBayTelegraph.co.ukHe intends to put the bike under the hammer on eBay, the global internet auction site. Mitchell believes the two-wheeler, with its distinctive basket, is too easily recognised since it appeared in news reports after he was accused of calling police … More: …
Read More »Meetings planned in Clallam, Jefferson on reduced postal hours – Peninsula Daily
Meetings planned in Clallam, Jefferson on reduced postal hoursPeninsula DailyThe closures of post offices in Jefferson and Clallam counties are all but off the table, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said, as meetings to garner public input on proposed post office hour changes in the two counties start this week. …
Read More »EDITORIAL: Post office book policy is a travesty
We all know the U.S. Postal Service is facing dramatic financial challenges, but its recent decision to start shredding undelivered Imagination Library books for children is simply mind-boggling. More: continued here
Read More »W.Va. bill targets soft drinks through food stamps – The Logan Banner
WDTV W.Va. bill targets soft drinks through food stampsThe Logan Banner(AP) — Some West Virginia lawmakers are targeting the state's health woes by proposing limits on federal food stamp benefits. Close to one-in-five state residents receive benefits from what's now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or …Food stamps wouldn't …
Read More »Letter: Reduced postal service is no benefit
For people cheering the end of the Post Office’s Saturday delivery, before taking a victory lap, consider th More: continued here
Read More »Reprinting Classic Stamps
Reprints of original stamps are another form of stamp forgery, but only if the reprints are not identified as being a reprint or replica. The country that originally issued the stamps that are valuable may often offer reprints. More: continued here
Read More »Manchester’s Political Heroes and Villains: Royal Mail vs. dogs while Tony … – Mancunian Matters
Manchester's Political Heroes and Villains: Royal Mail vs. dogs while Tony …Mancunian MattersThis week in Heroes and Villains, Police Commissioner Tony Lloyd acknowledges that politics is boring and begins basing policing policy on TV shows and genre movies. Meanwhile a vicious Salford dog is holding Royal Mail ransom. So who's …
Read More »Ipswich: Fraudulent eBay trader must pay £1800 compensation – Ipswich Star
Ipswich Star Ipswich: Fraudulent eBay trader must pay £1800 compensationIpswich StarAN eBay trader who fiddled internet postage labels for the goods she was despatching must pay £1,800 compensation to the Royal Mail. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. …
Read More »We must find a way to save the post office – Mansfield News Journal
We must find a way to save the post officeMansfield News JournalFor me, the post office is the heartbeat of our nation. Its postal routes — winding through major cities, then spreading to the countryside and reaching far out to a distant hilltop in the Smokey Mountains — carry the …
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