Starting next month, Danes will be able to use their mobile phones to buy virtual stamps. This new system is very similar to one introduced by Deutsche Post, in Germany, in 2008.
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Collect your Christmas stamps for charity – Somerset pleaSomerset County GazettePEOPLE in Taunton Deane and West Somerset are being asked to collect used stamps this Christmas in aid of the Royal National Institute of Blind People. To donate, simply cut the stamp from the envelope, leaving at least half an inch around it to ……
We recently bumped into Jeff Green, CEO of Los Angeles-based NanoH2O, an advanced materials startup focused on using nanotechnology for water desalinization, the use of filtering technology to remove salt from the oceans to supply clean drinking water. NanoH2O was venture funded by Khosla Ventures. Jeff was one of the founders of both Stamps.com and…
Comox artist wins 'salmon stamp' contestCanada.comThe Recreational Fisheries Conservation Stamp, also known as the "salmon stamp," is roughly the size of a postage stamp and sells for $6. Part of the proceeds support the salmon conservation efforts the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which has been running … More: continued here
truthout Unprecedented Food Stamp Cuts Highlight Difficult TradeoffstruthoutThe cuts to food stamp funding would finance a bill to help fund public sectors jobs at the state level and a proposed child nutrition measure, … More: continued here
Boston Globe (subscription) Glitch cuts off food stampsBoston Globe (subscription)The state's efforts to modernize the food stamps program and root out fraud have instead cut off thousands of deserving residents from their benefits, leaving many unable to buy food, pay bills, or both, according to advocates for the poor. The …and more » More: continued here
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 12 October 2009 – To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Malaysia’s postal service, Pos Malaysia, has introduced a new set of stamps that aims to spread the word about children’s rights. More: continued here