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Stamp-collecting news and notes.
Byline: Dominic Sama
Sweden and Ireland will honor four Irish Nobel literature laureates Friday, Oct. 1, in a joint issue of a block of four commemoratives.
The designs are identical except for the country name and denominations. Each Swedish stamp is 10 kronors, while the Irish stamps are nondenominated and printed with an "N" to indicate use for domestic mail.
The stamps feature portraits of William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney.
Yeats (1865-1939) won the Nobel Prize in 1923 for dramatic writing. His most renowned works are "Land of Heart's Desire and "The Hour Glass. In addition to writing, ...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Fricker, Karen December 2, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Judith Havemann March 27, 1988 700+ words
On Saturdays, the U.S. Postal Service closes every post office in...users do business with the Postal Service," he wrote consumer advocate...million were delegated to the Postal Service's 74 regional managers because...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 28, 2002 700+ words
...THE WASHINGTON TIMES The U.S. Postal Service next week will announce a plan to restructure...operate more like a private business. Postal Service officials say the planned revamping...The most likely scenario would allow Postal Service administrators to decide rates and...
- POSTAL SERVICE INITIATIVES:LOUIS M. ATKINS
- Transcript from: Congressional Testimony July 30, 2009 700+ words
...Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and The District of Columbia July...are recognized by the United States Postal Service as the representative of over 35...retired management employees of the Postal Service. I am honored by your invitation to...
- Postal Service turns to Congress for help with money problems.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pugh, Tony November 6, 2001 700+ words
...projections could lead the U.S. Postal Service to ask Congress for more than $5 billion...board of governors on Tuesday. The postal service may have lost as much as $800 million...volume, said Richard Strasser, the Postal Service's chief financial officer. New equipment...
- Postal service to be Santa for UPS, other carriers _ so mail early.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Potrikus, Alaina Sue December 2, 2003 700+ words
...holiday season: One is that the U.S. Postal Service expects to move 20 billion pieces of...under a new arrangement with UPS, the Postal Service will be making more deliveries for...with the same date guarantees. The Postal Service's "Parcel Select" system picks...
- Postal Service Official Says Changes Needed for Organization's Survival.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) May 17, 2002 700+ words
...Cancelada May 17--The United States Postal Service is at a crossroads, and which direction...vice president of operations for the Postal Service's Great Lakes Area Operations. Speaking...Jackson said the law that set up the Postal Service no longer is adequate to meet its financial...
- Postal Service Moves to Reconnect With Customers in Katrina's Wake.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 5, 2005 700+ words
...reestablish are the objectives the U.S. Postal Service is focusing on in the wake of Hurricane...Public Affairs and Communication, the Postal Service is moving to reconnect with customers...service. Reconnecting Customers The Postal Service is asking customers unable to receive...
Source: HighBeam Research, Stamp-collecting news and notes.