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SA Post Office hit by rise in mail theftBusiness Day, South Africa –1 hour agoThe Post Office’s report for the year to end-March, tabled in Parliament yesterday, said most of the crime related to domestic mail but there was a … More: continued here

Error plagues duck stampsNews & Observer, NC –46 minutes agoWASHINGTON – People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line because of a printing error the government … More: continued here

Man arrested after post office robberyNorwich Evening News, UK –7 minutes agoA 35-year-old man has been arrested today following an armed robbery at a post office in Thorpe St Andrew. Police were called at 1.30am and told by a member … More: continued here

Anger as dumped mail trolley foundBlackpool Gazette, UK –31 minutes agoRoyal Mail deny any post went missing as a result of the loss but as these pictures show, the canvas box had been ripped open. … More: continued here

French federation hopes to purchase post office buildingNorthern News Services (subscription), Canada –6 hours agoLeo-Paul Provencher, the federation's executive director, said if the federation is successful in its bid there are no plans to push the post office out. … More: continued here

PM stamps exit dateWinnipeg Sun, Canada –14 minutes agoBy KATHLEEN HARRIS, NATIONAL BUREAU CHIEF TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will not waver on its plan to withdraw troops from … More: continued here

The largest holding in the world of 1906 Christchurch exhibition stamps will go under the hammer at Mowbrays international auction in Wellington next month. More: continued here

A safe was stolen recently from the Makaweli Post Office on Kaua’i and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. More: continued here

Suspended sentence for eBay conmanEast Anglian Daily Times, UK –47 minutes agoBrett Buchanan, 31, admitted taking more than £10000 in payment from 65 people for a range of designer items he sold on the eBay internet site and failing … More: continued here

Villagers to have say in post office’s futureAberdeen Press and Journal, UK –3 minutes agoLunanhead, near Forfar, lost its sub-post office with the closure of the local shop six years ago. The role was taken on by local farmer’s wife Susan Wilson … More: continued here