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Holy cow! USPS stuck with 682M unsold 'Simpsons' stamps

A report says the U.S. Postal Service wasted $1.2 million by selling less than a third of its 1 billion "The Simpsons" commemorative stamps. Bloomberg's Angela Greiling Keane writes that the inspector general of the money-losing USPS singled out overproduction of commemorative stamps as one example of not properly gauging the needs of customers.

Living people to appear on US stamps

For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it is ending its longstanding rule that stamps cannot feature people who are still alive and it's asking the public to offer suggestions on who should be first.

Senh: I know, Marilyn Monroe is dead.

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Reagan, WALL-E among new postage stamps

Postage stamps honoring the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the centennial of President Ronald Reagan's birth are part of the lineup of new stamps for 2011.

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Rare Hepburn stamps up for sale

A rare sheet of 10 stamps showing film star Audrey Hepburn smoking is expected to fetch at least 400,000 euros (£350,000) at an auction next week.

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Post office plans to announce new rate increase

The post office wants to increase the price of a stamp by 2 cents to 46 cents starting in January. The agency has been battered by massive losses and declining mail volume and faces a financial crisis.

Senh: How about they do the sensible thing and just spend within their means. If every business increase rates at a time when there are so many unemployed people, how is anyone able to afford anything. It's a sign of the times. People email or use social networks to communicate and keep in touch with family and friends instead of snail mail. I really don't think the financial crisis has much to do with this.