Plans to privatise Royal Mail could put at risk an important record of thousands of people’s working lives There’s a photograph of my grandfather taken when he was 14 years old, not long after the end of the first world war. He is dressed in the slim-fitting uniform of a …
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Baltimore Sun Letter: Increase postage to stamp out lossesThe ColumbianToday we can place a 44-cent stamp on our letter, and if it's in the proper weight class, this letter can be mailed on the West Coast and arrive within a few days on the East Coast. What can you buy …
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Student Opinion | Tell us what five living Americans you’d like to see honored by being featured on a stamp – and tell us if the new stamps are likely to entice you to send more snail mail. More: continued here
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The Guardian HP's Whitman wager way to ward off OracleDaily Caller3, 2008 file photo, Meg Whitman, national co-chair for McCain 2008 and former president and CEO of eBay, speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Hewlett-Packard Co.'s stock sank Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, to its lowest level …
Read More »USPS Solicits Ideas for Living Figures to Honor on Stamps – Auctionbytes
New York Times (blog) USPS Solicits Ideas for Living Figures to Honor on StampsAuctionbytesYou may have noticed that the US Postal Service only honors someone on a postage stamp after at least 5 years following their death. That's changing next year when the Postal Service will begin featuring on stamps …
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