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Stamps generate more returns than bonds and gold
PhysOrg.com Stamps can be a valuable addition to an investment portfolio, generating average long-term yields of up to 7 percent per year. This has been demonstrated by … |
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Arlington show to feature rare upside-down airplane stampFort Worth Star Telegram, TXThis is the "Inverted Jenny," a rare stamp showing a biplane flying upside down. Originally sold for 24 cents, one of these 1-inch-by-3/4-inch stamps can now fetch nearly $1 million. There are only 100 in the world, and the one belonging to the … More:…
An estimated 1 million indigent Americans are expected to lose their food stamp benefits over the next couple years because they are unable to find a job or meet federally mandated work requirements that are now starting to kick in again. More: continued here
Britain’s business minister says he will guarantee that the monarch’s head will appear on British postage stamps even if Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer. More: continued here
Straits Times Hepburn stamp auctioned for $74600ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) – A rare German stamp depicting Audrey Hepburn with a cigarette holder, an image from the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has been sold for $74600 (53500 euros) by a Berlin auction house. Germany had planned to issue 14 million …Video: Rare Audrey Hepburn Stamp Fetches Big…
President Obama has signed annual budgetary legislation providing $121 billion in fiscal 2010 appropriations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies. More: continued here
Crop subsidies, food stamps now at oddsOmaha World-HeraldSome are calling to split off food stamps from the farm bill, which comes up every five years, in the hope of freeing the way for crop insurance and other agriculture programs to reach the president's desk. Others say such a move would be a mistake and …and…