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Postage stamp — A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre paying a fee for postal services. Usually a small paper rectangle or square that is attached to an envelope, the postage stamp signifies that the person sending the letter or package may have… … Wikipedia
postmaster's stamp — noun or postmaster stamp : a provisional postage stamp issued by a postmaster in the United States from 1845 to 1847 or Bermuda from 1848 to about 1856 to pay for government postal service for which government stamps had not yet been issued… … Useful english dictionary
Robert Carrier (chef) — Infobox Chef name = Robert Carrier caption = birthname= Robert Carrier McMahon birthdate = birth date|1923|11|10|mf=y birthplace = Tarrytown, New York deathdate = death date and age|2006|6|27|1923|11|10|mf=y deathplace = Provence style = French… … Wikipedia
List of philatelic topics — This is a list of philatelic topics. compactTOC NOTOC A Acknowledgement of receipt Aerogram Aerophilately Affixing machine Airmail Airmail etiquette Arrow block Astrophilately Philatelic auction Philatelic auction catalogB Balloon mail Bicycle… … Wikipedia
Rationing — Gasoline ration stamps printed, but not used, as a result of the 1973 oil crisis Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one s allotted portion of the resources… … Wikipedia
United States Postal Service — This article is about the government agency. For individual post offices, see U.S. Post Office (disambiguation). For the cycling team, see Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. USPS redirects here. For the non profit boating safety and education… … Wikipedia
Daguin machine — A 1926 cover cancelled by a Daguin machine. One of the datestamps was replaced with a touristic message for Arcachon. The Daguin machine was one of the first cancelling machines used by the French postal administration. It was created by Eugène… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Postal history of Palestine — The postal history of Palestine emerges out of its geographic location as a crossroads amidst the empires of the ancient Near East, the Levant and the Middle East. Postal services in the region were first established in the Bronze Age, during the … Wikipedia
postal system — System that allows persons to send letters, parcels, or packages to addressees in the same country or abroad. Postal systems are usually government run and paid for by a combination of user charges and government subsidies. There are early… … Universalium
