Postage Stamps

WATCH: How Postage Stamps Can Help You Get A Cheaper Gown

Posted 04.17.2012

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Most brides pay for their wedding gowns using cash or a credit card. But at the "Bridal Affair" event in Elk Grove, Calif. on Saturday, brides paid...

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Can an Edible Stamp Save the U.S. Postal Service?

John Malik | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Postage Stamps, Homaro Cantu, U.S. Postal Service, Stamps, Government Accountability Office, Usps, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News
John Malik

When I asked about states that do not have official fruits such as Pennsylvania or New Mexico, Mr. Assef assured me that Mr. Cantu has created stamps out of indigenous fruits in those states, so New Mexico gets prickly pear and South Dakota gets gooseberries.

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PHOTOS: Incredible Envelope Portraits

Posted 01.10.2012

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London-based artist Mark Powell has produced these striking drawings despite only using the most basic of materials: ink and paper. His recent series ...

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No Personal Letters Lately? You're Not Alone

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Postage Stamps, Postal Service Survey, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Personal Letters, Mark Twain, Fifty News

WASHINGTON — Mom might get a quick note in the mail. Sister might get a birthday card. But that's about it. For the typical American household t...

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Living People On Postage Stamps: Who Would You Choose?

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.29.2011

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By HOPE YEN and STACY A. ANDERSON Associated Press WASHINGTON — Who would you put on a stamp? Charlie Sheen? Lady Gaga? Yourself? Hoping to...

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How to Save the U.S. Postal Service

Spencer Green | Posted 11.06.2011

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Spencer Green

Put hallucinogens in stamp adhesives to make sending mail fun again.

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Paul Needham

The Typewriter That Changed Everything Turns 50

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 09.21.2011

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Fifty years ago this month, the IBM Selectric typewriter was introduced to the public. In the 25 years that followed, more than 13 million of the t...

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Lewis Carroll Turns an Albatross Into a Postage Stamp

Carolyn Vega | Posted 08.07.2011

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Postage Increases Will Hurt USPS in the Long Run

Linda A. Woolley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda A. Woolley

Rather than raising prices at a time when its customers are just beginning to recover from the recession, the Postal Service should be emulating its closest competitors, FedEx and UPS.

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Katharine Hepburn Stamp: Actress Honored On Postage Stamp

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Katharine Hepburn, star of such classic movies as "African Queen" and "Little Women," took her place on a U.S. postage stamp Wednes...

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Stamp Out Pet Overpopulation

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Pacelle

I participated in a press conference Friday afternoon at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, Calif., with Ellen DeGeneres, who i...

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Here's Why Stamps Are a National Treasure

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

As we increasingly communicate by e-mail, we are losing something special that we take for granted--these delightful pieces of miniature artwork that commemorate our American heritage.

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Bill Mauldin Stamp

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Richards

Bill Mauldin, the great cartoonist of WWII and many points beyond, finally lands on a stamp. Well, they never could lick him when he was alive....

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New U.S. Stamps to Honor America's Pimps

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark C. Miller

Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, excited about being on one of the new stamps. The U.S. Postal Service will be issuing a series of five commemorative stamps...

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Thanks to Spam, It's Not Junk Mail Anymore

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah O'Leary

If you want to reach your consumers in the internet age, tell the youngsters in the office that you're kickin' it old school with USPS.

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2010 Olympic Stamp PHOTO: U.S. Commemorative Stamp Debuts

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARK CITY, Utah -- A U.S. postage stamp that commemorates the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, shows an airborne sno...

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Liberating the Postal Service

A. Lee Fritschler | Posted 05.25.2011

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A. Lee Fritschler

What the Postal Service needs is to be free of congressional interventions and allowed to operate as a regulated corporation in a competitive delivery services industry.

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Junk Mail's Endless Summer

Todd Paglia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Todd Paglia

Junk mail's waste and nuisance is obvious; the system supporting it is galling: Our standard postage subsidizes junk mail.

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Stamp Out Extinction

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Markarian

The new bill introduced by Congressman Henry Brown (R-S.C.) and Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) is a good deal for endangered species and for taxpayers.

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Stamp Prices To Rise On Monday

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Servi...

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