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Johns Creek man's flag photo graces US stampAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA – Christopher QuinnBy Christopher Quinn Rick Barrentine of Johns Creek has been draped in honor, if not money, by the new American flag postage stamp. The United States Postal Service picked a photo that Barrentine took of the Stars and Stripes, …

Broadway secures loan for Boston buildingBizjournals.com, NCBroadway Partners announced Thursday it refinanced Ten/10 Post Office Square in Boston with a $53.3 million mortgage. The five-year loan was provided by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Gramercy Capital Corp. provided a $19 million, five-year mezzanine …Broadway Partners Refinances Boston OfficeReal Estate Finance and InvestmentBroadway …

States back push to collect sales tax on online commerceSan Jose Mercury News,  USA – Frank DaviesBut closing that tax gap is fiercely opposed by eBay, Yahoo, the Electronic Retailing Association and small online retailers. All but five states have a sales tax, and opponents maintain that complying with the thousands of …

Broadway Partners, the New York firm that lost the John Hancock tower to foreclosure, has refinanced 10 Post Office Square, a 13-story office building in the city’s Financial… More: continued here

Reminder: Stamps go up to 44 cents on May 11Youngstown Vindicator, OHBut if you want to save yourself 2 cents a stamp now's the time to stock up on Forever Stamps which are good indefinitely for the first-class mail one-ounce letter price, according to a US Postal Service news release. First …

• Mail theft: At 6:04 a.m. April 27 at 33600 19th Ave. S.W., police discovered unknown subjects used a crowbar to pry open a mail receptacle outside a post office and steal an undetermined amount of mail. More: continued here

Vendio told eBay sellers they would begin charging renewal fees for existing “GTC” (Good Til Cancelled) items starting in mid-April. More: continued here

Nowata post office added to historic registerTulsa World, OK – Randy KrehbielBy RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer OKLAHOMA CITY — Five post offices, including one in Nowata, and the Enid grain elevator district have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office… More: continued here

Woo hoo! "The Simpsons" Come to Simpsonville with Special PostmarksGreenville News, SC – Harry SpratlinOn Thursday, May 7th, the Simpsonville Post Office will offer five special commemorative postmarks featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson to the public to celebrate the issuance of the five new Simpsons stamps. Simpsonville is the only …

The federal duck stamp prices going up this fallDL-Online, MN – Bernie ReveringIntroduced in the fall of 1935 by the US Department Of Agriculture at $1, the federal duck stamp has been a major source for the acquisition of wetlands. Introduced in the fall of 1935 by the US Department Of Agriculture at …