Stamp Collecting News for 12/14/2009



MC food stamp rise EUR˜huge (Madison County Eagle)
The Madison County Department of Social Services has stretched its budget to cover the increasing number of Madison County residents requiring financial help. In 2008, the department spent $831,000 helping struggling families through its food stamp program, now called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), while through the end of October this year, it had already spent just less than ...

Chris Coltrane - If only I'd been more honest all those years ago.
I've been into a few stamp collecting stores on The Strand, and alas, the news is bleak: almost all of them are worth nothing beyond the cost of the stamps they contain. People frequently buy them at auction to actually use them as ...

Your First Stamp Album (BellaOnline)
Collecting and bringing stuff together is fun and it can be rewarding too when your collection gets noticed by other people who may even want to buy your collection. People collect all kinds of things like dolls, cars, toys, etc. But for some, there is nothing like collecting stamps...

Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club Monthly Meeting « Collector's .
Tour Areas: Aduana, Puerta Isabel 2 Gate and Monument , Plaza Mexico, Manila Cathedral , Postal Museum and Library plus a free lecture on basic of stamp collecting among othersEUR¦. *No fees collected , sponsored by Filipinas Stamp ...

STAMP COLLECTING - Malta Independent Online

STAMP COLLECTING
Malta Independent Online
From this set MaltaPost chose a stamp that was included in a presentation pack issued by all SEPAC members. SEPAC (Small European Postal Administrations' .

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Ecstasy Pill Collection Stolen In Amsterdam - Right Pundits

Ecstasy Pill Collection Stolen In Amsterdam
Right Pundits
Seems like you could find something a little safer, and maybe a little less illegal to collect; I guess he's never heard of stamp collecting, .

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Strip hotel welcomes money,coins and stamps dealers for two-day expo - Examiner.com

Strip hotel welcomes money,coins and stamps dealers for two-day expo
Examiner.com
For the next two days more than 1000 dealers will be at the Imperial Palace with the mission to "help bring the joy of coin and stamp collecting into .

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The Stamp Collecting Round-Up: Stamps for the Wounded
As we commememorate Pearl Harbor Day, Joseph Robertia of Alaska's Peninsula Clarion reports since 1942, the Stamps for the Wounded program has collected stamps and other stamp collecting related materials, and redistributed them to ...

The Stamp Collecting Round-Up: Holiday Mail in Afghanistan
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up. Interesting news, resources and links about stamps, stamp collecting and postal operations. CONTACT US AT: E-mail: donschilling@worldnet.att.net. Monday, December 14, 2009. Holiday Mail in Afghanistan ...

Stamps and Stamp Collecting stamp collectors, Philately, stamp .
We have stamp collecting sites from hobbyist to pro. stamp collecting resources, tips and tools. Places to find rare stamp, mint condition stamps, even theme stamp collecting and collectors. Find your stamps here, or connect with ...

1898 Revenues: Graded Stamps: Perpetuating the Decline of Stamp .
Graded Stamps: Perpetuating the Decline of Stamp Collecting -- Top 20 Google Hits. I conducted a simple exercise on December 13 at 19:00 GMT and Googled the term "graded stamps". The search returned the following summarized results: ...

The Stamp Collecting Round-Up: 'Inverted Jenny' Locket" Up for Auction
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up. Interesting news, resources and links about stamps, stamp collecting and postal operations. CONTACT US AT: E-mail: donschilling@worldnet.att.net. Friday, December 11, 2009. 'Inverted Jenny' Locket" Up for ...

Stamp collecting enjoys surge in popularity (Daily Telegraph)
Stamp collecting is enjoying an unlikely surge in popularity, with dealers reporting a sharp increase in sales...

Stamp therapy - Globe and Mail

Stamp therapy
Globe and Mail
08, 2009 2:23AM EST Lord Rutherford, the great atomic scientist, famously said there are two kinds of science: physics and stamp collecting. .

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YAKLAND: Journey into stamp collecting
This blog is about Philately in general. The blog posts are about my journey into stamp collecting, Nepalese stamps and philately from Trinidad and Tobago...

Longtime Stamp Collector Creates Web site to Promote Resources of his Hobby (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Founder of CollectThatStamp.com, Alexander Campbell, created an online business to promote stamp collecting - a hobby he's been passionate about for 20 years. As an affiliate of other Web sites, Campbell has partnered up with some of the best online resources for stamps and collectors' accessories. To learn more about the history of stamps and Campbell's experiences as a collector, visit his new ...

The Stamp Collecting Round-Up: Altered U.S. Stamps
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up. Interesting news, resources and links about stamps, stamp collecting and postal operations. CONTACT US AT: E-mail: donschilling@worldnet.att.net. Sunday, December 13, 2009. Altered U.S. Stamps ...

Food stamp demand increases (Culpeper Star-Exponent)
Culpeper enrollment up nearly 40 percent since November 2008..

Star collector Maria Sharapova leads new wave of stamp enthusiasts - This is London

This is London

Star collector Maria Sharapova leads new wave of stamp enthusiasts
This is London
Stamp collecting has shaken off its fusty image to become the latest old-fashioned hobby enjoying a surge in popularity. Young Londoners, artists and famous .

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Karen's Blog - Stamp Collecting Enjoys Rise in Popularity
According to this article stamp collecting is enjoying something of a surge in popularity. The Royal Philatelic Society has reported a rise in membership and dealers have also reported a sharp increase in sales. ...

Stamps win his approval (Suburban Journals)
David Semsrott's business card concisely tells you about his passion...

Stamp collecting enjoys surge in popularity - Telegraph.co.uk

Examiner.com

Stamp collecting enjoys surge in popularity
Telegraph.co.uk
Stamp collecting is enjoying an unlikely surge in popularity, with dealers reporting a sharp increase in sales. By Jonathan Liew The Royal Philatelic .
Maria Sharapova: Stamp collectorExaminer.com

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Rotary club's stamp appeal - Rutland and Stamford Mercury

Rotary club's stamp appeal
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
. with their stamp collecting challenge. get of collecting Stamford hero Daniel Lambert's weight, which was 52st 11lb, and has so hit the 21st 11lb mark. .

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Longtime Stamp Collector Creates Web site to Promote Resources of his Hobby - PR Web (press release)

Longtime Stamp Collector Creates Web site to Promote Resources of his Hobby
PR Web (press release)
Founder of CollectThatStamp.com, Alexander Campbell, created an online business to promote stamp collecting - a hobby he's been passionate about for 20 .

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Gozo Philatelic Society's first 10 years - Times of Malta

Times of Malta

Gozo Philatelic Society's first 10 years
Times of Malta
The many philatelists and young stamp collectors who participate in the gps's various activities are grateful to the GPS committee members, both past and .

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MHS nutrition council collecting lids for cancer resear (Muskogee Phoenix)
The Muskogee High School Nutrition Advisory Council is collecting Yoplait Yogurt pink lids to fund Susan G. Komen for the Cure to support breast cancer research. Yoplait will donate 10 cents per pink lid up to $1.5 Million...

You just can't stamp it out - Times of India

You just can't stamp it out
Times of India
Then there are old-school philatelists like Anil K Suri who say that nothing beats the traditional method of stamp collecting. Suri's collection of stamps .

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Gozo Philatelic Society's first 10 years (Times of Malta)
The year that is drawing to a close has marked the tenth anniversary of the setting up of the Gozo Philatelic Society (GPS). In fact, the GPS was founded on September 3, 1999, when a small group of philatelists met at Dar il-Lunżjata, in the Lunzjata Valley, in the limits of Victoria, with the aim of starting up a philatelic group in Gozo...

Special Sacramento River fishing stamp repealed (The Record Searchlight)
Beginning Jan. 1, north state anglers no longer will have to spend $6.30 to fish legally in the Sacramento River below Keswick Dam.Earlier this fall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that repealed the Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp, which according to a 2008 state audit had generated $8.6 million since its inception in 2004.The move to repeal the stamps comes after an ...

Ore. food stamp climbs 36 percent since mid-2008 (San Francisco Chronicle)
The number of Oregonians receiving food stamps has risen 36 percent over the past year and is expected to climb through 2010 as the state contends with high levels of unemployment, according to figures released Wednesday. The figures released by the state. Food Stamp Program - Collecting - Recreation - Stamps - Unemployment..



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