The First Modern Postage Stamp – Penny Blackclusterflock, TXThe Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp of a public postal system. It was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May 1840, for use from 6 May of that year. Although all London post …
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Bangkok Post MAKING MONEY FROM OLD STUFFBangkok Post, ThailandHe was well acquainted with stamps and postcards since his father was a postmaster, and started collecting them after accompanying his father to the Charoenkrung area where a bevy of stamp and postcard retailers were located. … More: continued here
Read More »How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay – TechCrunch
TechCrunch How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBayTechCrunch, CAPrior to Slide, Keith was a VP at LinkedIn and an EVP at PayPal in charge of among other things, competitive strategy vis-Ã -vis eBay. He also worked at eBay for three weeks following its acquisition of PayPal. Keith currently serves on the …
Read More »Downtown Pasco post office faces possible closure – Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
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Read More »Royal Mail sell-off opponents rage as Bill is sneaked into Commons – Mirror.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk Royal Mail sell-off opponents rage as Bill is sneaked into CommonsMirror.co.uk, UKBy Bob Roberts 23/05/2009 Opponents of plans to sell off Royal Mail are infuriated that a controversial Bill, paving the way for its partial sale, was sneaked into the Commons for its first reading. The Postal Services Bill, championed …
Read More »Food stamp stimulus hits US state economies – eGov monitor
Food stamp stimulus hits US state economieseGov monitor, UKStates quietly launched a multi-billion-dollar boost in food stamp funding last month that experts say is more likely than any other stimulus program to jolt the moribund economy back to life. “People who receive these benefits are hard-pressed and …Energy industry layoffs have …
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Read More »Caring caseworker reinstated (Miami Herald)
Q. Two years ago, I came to the Department of Children and Families to apply for Medicaid. I spoke to a representative who took the time to explain to me the program, helped me apply for food stamps and processed my case very quickly. More: continued here
Read More »House Passes Bill To Rename L.I.C. Post Office After Ferraro (Times Newsweekly)
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to name the Long Island City Main Post Office after former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro. The Post Office is located at 46-02 21st St., in the district Ferraro represented in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1978 to 1984. More: continued here
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The legions of print and broadcast advertisers begging to buy your gold coins and “unwanted jewelry” are all but incessant. Even during the gold boom of the early 1980s, dealers didn’t promote the purchase of gold as much as now. But that’s understandable. More: continued here
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