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I’ll admit to being a little puzzled when Internet auction giant eBay acquired voice-over-IP company Skype back in 2005. Sure, Skype was a neat little operation, and at a cost of $2.6 billion, it seemed clear that it was worth something, but it never quite made sense—not like eBay’s acquisition …

DALLAS (AP) – A collection of some 10,000 stamps featuring the nation’s 16th president is going on the auction block this week. More: continued here

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two men in a plot to steal more than $682,000 worth of stamps from the Postal Service. The grand jury indicted 54-year-old Marvin Foster of Rosedale and 23-year-old Kyle Mathias of Joppa on Tuesday. More: continued here

The Main U.S. Post Office will take tax returns from last-minute filers until midnight tonight. More: continued here

D'oh! 'Simpsons' selected for stampsThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJby Joseph Bakes/For The Star-Ledger UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PHOTOMatt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons," designed these 44-cent stamps depicting Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The United States Postal Service is jumping on the bandwagon of …'Check It Out, Man': The United …

Yo, procrastinators, be glad you live in Lancaster County.It’s tax deadline day, and the main post office at 1400 Harrisburg Pike will be open until midnight to stamp that all- important April 15 cancellation date on your tax returns.Sure, you say as you frantically try to find that copy of …

Comrades in Arms is the focus of the 2009 New Zealand Post Anzac stamp series. The six stamps tell the stories of comradeship between Maori and Pakeha, between the services and between nations and span the two world wars, Korea… More: continued here

Mail chaos looms as posties hold ballot on strike actionEdinburgh Evening News, UKMore than 170 workers at Royal Mail's Sighthill depot and their colleagues in Perth are taking part in a ballot over industrial action after a series of cost cutting measures, which union officials said could lead to job losses. …

It’s the philatelic version of the Land of Lincoln: A collection of some 10,000 stamps, all featuring the nation’s 16th president, is going on the auction block this week. The collection, painstakingly amassed by an admirer of Abraham Lincoln, carries a pre-sale price estimate of more than $2 million, according …

FOX Toledo Online Post Office reminds: mail taxes before last collection of the dayWKTV, NYJeanee Mooney is the Customer Service Coordinator at Utica's Main Post Office on Pitcher Street. Mooney said, "Traditionally, Utica does have a lot of last minute folks who come in to file their taxes." She said her …