San Francisco Examiner Fiesta dinnerware, Selectric typewriter, Baby Brownie camera honored on new …Washington PostThose and several other classics of American design are featured on a new set of postage stamps being issued Wednesday. The stamps are designated “forever” and will sell for the first-class rate, currently 44 cents. First-day …
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Remember that colorful Fiesta dinnerware on your mom’s or grandma’s dinner table? How about the Baby Brownie camera she took snapshots with? Or that heavy, black telephone to chat on? More: continued here
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Until a royal tour sparks public interest — something Prince William and Catherine are about to do on a near-fanatic level — the Royal Family functions like a tasteful wallpaper pattern in Canada: enjoyable in an absent-minded way, but so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible. More: continued here
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Read More »980 master cases of cigarettes without excise stamps seized at Kulata border … – Focus News
980 master cases of cigarettes without excise stamps seized at Kulata border …Focus News980 master cases of cigarettes without excise stamps have been seized at Kulata border checkpoint, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told FOCUS News Agency. Sofia. A large amount of cigarettes without excise stamps– probably about 800 master cases …
Read More »Red letter day at new Aylsham Post Office – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
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