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Daily Mail Amazing stamp collection of eccentric aristocrat is expected to fetch £3mDaily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter The vast stamp collection of an eccentric aristocrat who used to greet guests with a parrot on her shoulder is expected to fetch up …Stamp collection may sell for €3mIrish TimesLady Mairi's stamps'to raise £2.6m at London auction'BBC…

Greed drives quest for stamps in 'Mauritius'Press & Sun-BulletinIn the Internet age of e-mail and online bill-paying, the routine of buying stamps at the post office, sticking them on envelopes and popping them into mailboxes is fast fading from everyday life — but even in their prime, most of us didn't give much … More:…

Use of food stamps is soaring across the nation, and not just in urban pockets and rural backwaters where poverty has long been a way of life. The demand for food stamps is becoming common in the suburbs too, where the ranks of the needy have grown with the deepest recession since the Great Depression….

CNET Holy snail mail, Batman! Caped Crusader nabs his own stampsCNETBatman saved Gotham from everyone from the Joker to Bane, but now thanks to these limited-edition Forever stamps from US Postal Service the Dark Knight could be saving snail mail from being boring. To celebrate Batman's 75th anniversary, there are … More: continued here

Former Minnesota Businesswoman Of The Year Now Collecting Food StampsHuffington Post (blog)In October, the divorced mom finally broke down and applied for food stamps for herself and her young daughter. "Before, I thought people on food stamps… More: continued here

AmmoLand.com (press release) Put Your Stamp on Conservation New Federal and Junior Duck Stamps Now on …AmmoLand.com (press release)The 2014-2015 stamp features a pair of canvasbacks painted by wildlife artist Adam Grimm of Burbank, S.D. Last fall, a panel of five judges chose Grimm's art to grace the stamp from among 202 paintings at the…