A 44-YEAR-OLD Market Drayton woman has been jailed after admitting stealing more than £32,500 from the post office where she worked. More: continued here
Read More »Hints From Heloise: A home for used stamps – Washington Post
Hints From Heloise: A home for used stampsWashington PostBy Heloise, Dear Heloise: Years ago in a Heloise column, I read that there was a use for used postage stamps, and I have saved many during my working years. Do you know where I can send them? — Cathryn M., Lumberton, …
Read More »Croatia Chalks up Summer Sun Success but Mexico Lifts Crown for Holiday Growth says The Post Office
As schools reopen after the summer holidays, the annual Fastest Growing Currencies report from Post Office Travel Money shows that Croatia has beaten off European rivals for the third year running in the race to attract UK tourists. Along with Iceland and Switzerland, the Balkan hotspot was one of only …
Read More »Rare English stamps worth millions on show in Berlin – Deutsche Welle
Rare English stamps worth millions on show in BerlinDeutsche WelleFor well over a century, the small number of extremely rare Mauritius Blue stamps have remained under lock and key in collections across the globe. A new exhibition in Berlin brings together 18 examples of the stamps. If you thought that …
Read More »Food stamps to be allowed in RI sub shops
Rhode Island plans to allow homeless, elderly and disabled residents to use food stamps at some Subway restaurants. More: continued here
Read More »Puebloan’s photos to become postage stamps – Pueblo Chieftain
Puebloan's photos to become postage stampsPueblo ChieftainWhat came next was aerial photography and Wark found a new love that was recognized recently when the US Postal Service selected five of his aerial photographs to be images on a series of Earthscape stamps set be issued in October 2012. … More: …
Read More »Aadhar frenzy: Post offices in city freeze appointments – Bangalore Mirror
Aadhar frenzy: Post offices in city freeze appointmentsBangalore MirrorI have been a regular at the post office since 45 years. I don't want to go anywhere else searching for Aadhaar,'' says the 70-year-old Rao. In Karnataka, only 236 post offices, including 30 in Bangalore, have been listed with the Unique …
Read More »Chance flyover puts Steamtown on stamp – Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune Chance flyover puts Steamtown on stampScranton Times-Tribune20, 2007, will be featured on a postage stamp as part of the US Postal Service's Earthscapes series. "Scranton has nice neighborhoods – I'll put it that way – and old neighborhoods make good subjects. So I try to pass over cities …
Read More »Judge Dismisses eBay Shareholder Lawsuit
A judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against eBay on Friday in Wilmington, Delaware. The plaintiff, Robert F. Booth Trust, said eBay was wrong in re-nominating Dawn Lepore, a long-time eBay board member, to serve another term on the company’s board of directors in 2009. More: continued here
Read More »Abernant tries to keep post office
Residents of Abernant are still fighting to save their post office. More: continued here
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