Stamp prices rise at faster rate than gas pricesKansas City Star, MOOver the same period, the price of a first-class stamp in the US has increased 21X, from 2 cents in 1919 to 44 cents in 2009 … according to historical stamp price data available here. … If stamp prices had …
Read More »Portsmouth teen charged after stolen camera shows up for sale on eBay – Foster’s Daily Democrat
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Read More »ebay Lures Developers to Conference by Adding Venture Capital Panel – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes ebay Lures Developers to Conference by Adding Venture Capital PanelAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner ebay has added a session to its Developers Conference lineup. On June 18, 2009, a panel of venture capitalists from around Silicon Valley will share advice with attendees and will discuss what they look for in their …
Read More »Swedish postal services issue stamp printed in Braille – Monsters and Critics.com
Swedish postal services issue stamp printed in BrailleMonsters and Critics.comStockholm – The Swedish postal services Thursday issued two new stamps that highlight Louis Braille, the creator of an alphabet of raised dots used by millions of visually impaired people worldwide. Both stamps have the text 'see with other eyes' … …
Read More »paypal Buyer Protection Launches on ebay's Dutch Classifieds Site – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes paypal Buyer Protection Launches on ebay's Dutch Classifieds SiteAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner ebay has integrated its paypal online payment service into Marktplaats.nl, its classified site in the Netherlands. Buyers in the book, CD/ DVD and telecommunications categories can pay with paypal direct from Marktplaats and their … More: continued here
Read More »Celebrate Flag Day with new US flag stamp – North Fort Myers Neighbor
Celebrate Flag Day with new US flag stampNorth Fort Myers Neighbor, FLOne way you can honor the American flag is by using the US Postal Service's Flag stamp on all of your letters year 'round! The new US Flag stamp being issued on June 5 in McLean, Va., will be on …
Read More »Deputies investigate reported robbery outside Strathmore Post Office – Visalia Times-Delta
Deputies investigate reported robbery outside Strathmore Post OfficeVisalia Times-Delta, CATulare County sheriff's deputies are investigating a reported robbery of a woman Tuesday outside the Strathmore Post Office. The woman, from the Porterville area, told deputies that shortly before 10:30 am, she was placing her young child into her …Woman's purse snatched …
Read More »Royal Mail doubles profits – Financial Times
Royal Mail doubles profitsFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown came under increased pressure on Thursday to abandon contentious plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, after the postal operator announced a near-doubling in its annual profits. … More: continued here
Read More »eBay Sellers Say Free Auctions May Cost Them – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes eBay Sellers Say Free Auctions May Cost ThemAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner eBay announced a special new fee structure on Tuesday that goes into effect next month, but sellers say the five free auctions eBay is giving them may actually cost them more in commission fees than the old pricing structure, …
Read More »Lord Mandelson urged to save his local post office – Camden New Journal
Camden New Journal Lord Mandelson urged to save his local post officeCamden New Journal, UKPENSIONERS fighting to save a Regent's Park post office from closure are pinning their hopes on one of its more prominent neighbours – Lord Mandelson. The Labour peer lives in a mansion just a few minutes' walk …
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