Omaha Time Capsule: Cigarette tax stamps here – Omaha World-Herald

Omaha Time Capsule: Cigarette tax stamps hereOmaha World-Herald7, 1946: Four million cigarette tax stamps arrived at the City Hall. Finance Commissioner Carl Jensen and Comptroller Charles Stenicka announced, "Cigarette tax stamps are now on sale." The 2-cent-per-package question, however, was: Would the stamps… More: continued here

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The Royal Mail unveils special Dickens stamps – Deadline News

Telegraph.co.uk The Royal Mail unveils special Dickens stampsDeadline NewsBy Guest IN CELEBRATION of the life and works of Charles Dickens, the Royal Mail today revealed a sneak preview of two stamps – officially launching in June – to celebrate the bicentenary of the novelist's birth. The two stamps feature illustrations …

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$240,000 Stolen From Post Office

Police are searching for two men who, in under a minute, robbed a Russian Post branch of 7.3 million rubles ($240,000), cash that was at first reported to be earmarked for doling out pensions and state benefits but that the postal service later declared was for daily operating activity. More: …

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Drug suspect arrested at Burlington post office

William G. 'Swiff' Parker, 34, of Burlington will remain in federal custody on drug trafficking charges after two Burlington police officers, with their guns drawn, arrested him following an altercation inside the post office on Elmwood Avenue last week. More: continued here

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