Stamps to cost 54 centsThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada –4 hours agoThe cost of a stamp to mail a regular letter within Canada is slated to jump two cents to 54 cents next January, Canada Post said. …Canada Post asks for 6-cent stamp increase over 3 yearsTimes ColonistCanada Post seeks two-cent increase in …
Read More »ROYAL BIRKDALE’S MEMORABLE MOMENTS (Sporting Life)
The Open Championship returns to Royal Birkdale for the first time in 10 years next month. Here PA Sport looks at some of the best – and worst – incidents on the Southport links. More: continued here
Read More »Every post office must be saved – Halifax Evening Courier
Calgary Herald Every post office must be savedHalifax Evening Courier, UK –5 hours agoUnfortunately for the post offices this Blair/Brown Labour Government has systematically prevented the post office network from doing both. …Labour peer rues Brown leadershipWalesOnlineall 301 news articles More: continued here
Read More »Watchdog bid to hear eBay clients – Sydney Morning Herald
Watchdog bid to hear eBay clientsSydney Morning Herald, Australia –24 minutes agoONLINE auction group eBay's angry customers get the chance tomorrow to air their grievances with the company's plan to make them use a single payment system … More: continued here
Read More »New duck stamp gets rare unveiling in Md. (Baltimore Sun)
With the line of people behind him growing longer by the minute, Joseph Matt licked the back of his stamps and carefully positioned them on the sheet of cardboard. He wiped the surface with his white handkerchief before sliding it toward the man with the rubber stamp. More: continued here
Read More »Post office closure threatens child’s drug treatment (icWales)
THE family of a five-year-old girl who depends on parcels of life-saving medicine sent to her local post office have spoken out against the controversial programme of branch closures. More: continued here
Read More »Consumer Watch: Check eBay seller reputation before bidding on ‘treasure’ (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
I’ve bid on eBay “treasures” and won several items. Last time I won a watch auction and my winning bid wasn’t a cheap one, either. More: continued here
Read More »Coffee Break: FedEx’s Smith not interested in McCain VP spot (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith says he has no interest in becoming the running mate of presumed GOP presidential candidate John McCain. More: continued here
Read More »Postbox mystery solved – Huddersfield Examiner
Postbox mystery solvedHuddersfield Examiner, UK –2 hours ago“Royal Mail is in the process of submitting a planning application to get it done, but doesn’t have a date set for its return.” She added: “The way in which … More: continued here
Read More »From isolated kingdom, stamps with an edge (Albany Times Union)
WASHINGTON — The essence of Bhutan is its absolute isolation. A constitutional monarchy in the clouds, it’s tucked between the lush Himalayas like a child in his parents’ bed. But Bhutan, where many live a two-day trip from the nearest road, has led the world in a basic form of …
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