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The La Joya Post Office will recognize the Sevilleta de la Joya Land Grant of 1819 with a commemorative cancellation post mark…. More: continued here

New system for emergency food stamps2TheAdvocate, LAChaos after Hurricane Gustav is leading to big changes in the way emergency food stamps are distributed. More than 2 million people received benefits in the aftermath of Gustav, but many had to wait in line for hours just to apply. … More: continued here

Posties in a storm over BNP leafletMirror.co.uk, UKThirty Royal Mail staff are snubbing the far right group's offensive literature. The unrest comes after a postman revealed that Royal Mail staff get a bonus for delivering BNP material. The worker, whose identity we are concealing, said: "I get 3p a …POSTIES' 3P …

GM takes action in a restructuring plan that would shrink its distribution network from 6,000 to 3,600 by the end of 2010. The company is trying to avoid bankruptcy. The painful reshaping of the American auto industry hit home this week, delivered overnight by FedEx and UPS. More: continued here

Stamps double deal with BombersCanada.com, CanadaWalls joined the Stamps during the 2008 campaign and dressed in four games before suffering an injury. Ternovatsky signed with the Stamps prior to the 2007 season and dressed in 16 contests over two seasons. The Stampeders kick off the 2009 regular …Walls and Ternovatsky Aquired …

Royal Mail doubles profits to £321mThe Press AssociationRoyal Mail has doubled its profits to £321 million despite a huge fall in the number of letters being posted. The newly-published results sparked fresh controversy over the Government's plan to part-privatise the business. The postal giant announced it … More: continued here

Friday was a day of watching for the FedEx truck and waiting for phone calls, say General Motors dealers. At the end of the day, said one, the uncertainty was hardly over.   More: continued here

The post office might as well eliminate Saturday deliveries. What we get in Saturday’s mail is hardly worth the trip. More: continued here

Britain: Labour government steps up plan to privatise Royal MailWorld Socialist Web Site, MIBy Robert Stevens The Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pressing ahead with plans to privatise the Royal Mail, Britain's state postal service. The government's agenda, put forward by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson in the Postal …

Rare, Old Penang Postage Stamp With Frankfurt-based CollectorBernama, MalaysiaBy Manik Mehta FRANKFURT, May 16 (Bernama) — An envelope posted from Penang in what was formerly Malaya during the British colonial rule is now in the proud possession of a Frankfurt-based artifacts collector who describes the stamp on it as a … …