Stamp StoriesAllAfrica.comGondwana Collection Namibia, this week launched a book on postage stamps that tells the story of Namibia. The book titled 'Stamps and Stories ' contains fifty entertaining and illustrated stories related to pictures on Namibian postage stamps. Stories …and more » More: continued here
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Read More »Historical ornament features former post office – News Courier
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Read More »Royal Mail calls for tougher laws on owners of dangerous dogs – The Guardian
The Guardian Royal Mail calls for tougher laws on owners of dangerous dogsThe GuardianRoyal Mail has pledged to take more action against owners of dogs that attack postal workers after a report called for tougher legislation. The postal group said it would actively pursue legal action against the owners of …
Read More »Ipswich: Union vows to fight for under threat sorting office – East Anglian Daily Times
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Read More »Post office to test same-day package delivery
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Read More »Cory Booker to Live on Food Stamps? – American Thinker (blog)
Philadelphia Inquirer Cory Booker to Live on Food Stamps?American Thinker (blog)Cory Booker, "America's favorite mayor and occasional superhero," according to Yahoo News, got into a spat with a follower on Twitter. Booker claimed that Americans "have a shared responsibility that kids go to school nutritionally ready." A Twitter …Food-stamp dietPhiladelphia …
Read More »Post office testing same-day delivery – Fri, 23 Nov 2012 PST
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Read More »UP post office to close after more than 100 years – Beaumont Enterprise
UP post office to close after more than 100 yearsBeaumont EnterpriseThe family says the financial compensation is not enough to justify keeping the post office up and running. A cluster box outside town hall for incoming and outgoing mail will replace it. Packages will have to be sent through the …
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