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  Category:Lists of people on stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of people on stamps of the Bahamas
List of people on stamps of Cape Juby
List of people on stamps of Straits Settlements
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Lists_of_people_on_stamps   (336 words)

  
 List of people on stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the depiction of a work of art (such as for a Christmas stamp) is not considered to be honoring the artist.
The list that follows is an index to the lists of people for individual countries.
In some cases, several short lists from related countries are merged into a single list, while entries without links indicate entities that never had any people on their stamps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps   (355 words)

  
 The Myth of Democratic Peace: Why Democracy Cannot Deliver Peace in the 21st Century by James Ostrowski
People of one ethnic group tend to vote for candidates of the same ethnic group, or candidates known to favor the interests of such group.
Even if it is argued that people of similar ethnic and religious backgrounds vote alike, not because of those backgrounds per se, but because of their similar experiences, situations, values, and needs, we reach the same conclusion.
History shows that, under certain circumstances, people who are members of ethnic minorities prefer to fight wars of secession, to escape from the control of majority ethnic groups they believe are hostile to their interests.
www.lewrockwell.com /ostrowski/ostrowski72.html   (9092 words)

  
 The Stamp Collecting Round-Up
Shown above is one of the stamps issued between 1850 and 1867 used on mail transported by the Thurn and Taxis family.
According to the paper, the world's first stamped envelope was sent by the daughter of Thomas Moore Musgrave, the Postmaster of Bath, to an address in Peckham on May 2, 1840 a few days before stamps were officially allowed.
Collecting interests include early U.S., Washington-Franklins, stamps on stamps, clowns on stamps, military on stamps.
www.stampcollectingroundup.blogspot.com   (2012 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Central African Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
At least 3000 people took to the streets of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on Friday in protest against escalating violence in the country; especially in the northwest where fighting between armed raiders and the army...
Until the early 1880s, the peoples of the CAR lived beyond the expanding Islamic frontier in the Sudanic zone of Africa and thus had relatively little contact with world religions or the world economy.
The extent of this insurrection, perhaps the largest anticolonial rebellion in Africa during the interwar years, was carefully hidden from the French public because it provided evidence, once again, of strong opposition to French colonial rule and forced labor.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/central_african_republic   (3745 words)

  
 Hobbies, Crafts, Games, and other Pastimes
Cryptozoology and Philately lists stamps depicting "cryptids," creatures whose existence is not yet proved such as Bigfoot; creatures which were once legendary but have been shown to exist such as the Okapi and the Mountain Gorilla; and creatures presumed extinct but which may not be, such as the Tasmanian Tiger.
Meteorite Stamps lists stamps depicting meteorites or impact events.
SCI-PHILATELY by Maiken Naylor offers "a selective history of science on stamps." There are sections on astronomu and cosmology, instruments and measuresments, mathematics and computation, chemistry, evolution and the fossil record, biology, heredity and the genetic code, physics, electromagnetic theory and light, modern physics, geology and mapping, and the Nobel prizes.
www.pibburns.com /hobbies.htm   (2101 words)

  
 Travel & Exploration in Africa, African Travel, Voyages, Rare & Out-of-Print Books
This is the first description of the Ashantee people and empire in English when the Ashantee were at their height of power and dominated a very large area well beyond the Ghana area where they are still a dominant group.
The illustrations are mainly of the native peoples and scenery.
The Base or Kunama people, who inhabited this area are described in detail, as is the countryside, nature, hunting expeditions, etc. The fine plates were take by photos and engraved on wood, mostly showing the native people and their activities, scenes, and all produced in New York.
www.horizonbook.com /africa.html   (13940 words)

  
 Body and Soul: Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This year, as part of a celebration of African culture in Britain, Christian Aid and the British Museum commissioned the half-ton sculpture pictured at the top of this post, which is made entirely of machine guns, pistols and grenade launchers, which were exchanged for implements of peace.
Under the circumstances, a reasonable Republican -- a creature long reputed to be on the endangered species list -- might say that on this one issue, he wishes his candidate would listen to the opponent.
Both Church World Service and the Friends Committee on National Legislation have put out appeals for people to contact their representatives and demand that more pressure be put on the Sudanese government to disarm the militias and allow relief workers access to refugees.
bodyandsoul.typepad.com /blog/africa   (11525 words)

  
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Aside from some small bags of audiocassettes, snapshot photographs, rubber stamps and a pair of handcuffs, as well as a collection of military maps of northern Iraq and three reels of film9, the Iraqi state files consist entirely of written documents.
All list the name of a person and his or her profession and "activity." Many of the professions listed are jobs not in the government but in the private sector.
For the duration of Anfal, people were to be left with this illusion, probably to forestall mass protest.
www.hrw.org /reports/1994/iraq/TEXT.htm   (12210 words)

  
 PEOPLE NEWS HUMAN NEWS | HavenWorks.com/people news ;-)
"The current migration of Mexicans and Central Americans to the United States is one of the largest diasporas in modern history, experts say."...
Last year, Bush said he had authorized the NSA to eavesdrop — without warrants — on international calls and international e-mails of people suspected of having links to terrorists when one party to the communication is in the USA.
British time) on Monday at the Sago mine in central West Virginia."...
www.havenworks.com /people   (3588 words)

  
 Islam in Africa on the Internet
Futa Toro, Senegal and Mauritania ("The Fulbe people have played a prominent role in West African history, and a complete background on the Fuuta Tooro Oral History Project is available." Plus interviews in Pulaar).
"Africa is the home of roughly one quarter of the world's one 1.2 billion Muslim population.
Current research is on the history of East Africa and the Indian Ocean in the 'middle' period, 1498-1840.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/religion/islam-in-africa.html   (3476 words)

  
 A speech on where the movement can and should go from here | By Adam Werbach | Grist Magazine | Main Dish | 13 Jan 2005
The number of Americans who agreed that, "Most of the people actively involved in environmental groups are extremists, not reasonable people," leapt from 32 percent in 1996 to 43 percent in 2004.
What the American people want more than anything is a compelling vision of the future and candidates who know what they believe in.
For every person who sends a copy of this speech to their list, there will be two more people who commit to a new form of political action.
www.grist.org /news/maindish/2005/01/13/werbach-reprint   (11557 words)

  
 June Book List
Many of them will be updating their listings from time to time, so don't be surprised if they have sold some of the things offered here.
I should include all of these in the Maltshop section of this list, but they are such wonderful true depictions of Maine life in the area where we live, near the coast and on the islands.
British setting, plenty of (probably outdated) Brit teen slang, and a lot of sailing including finding a body in the sea.
www.midcoast.com /~w1gql/bookpage.htm   (21254 words)

  
 Top20Angola.com - Your Top20 Guide to Angola!
Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean.
List of errors on Portuguese ex-Colonies stamps of Angola 1914
Listed links may put this banner on their website.
www.top20angola.com   (1928 words)

  
 The Deaf Resource Library
Listing of Graduate Schools -- "here you have to search by the topic "special education" and then by the desired region of the U.S. you are interested in.
There are a bunch of professional people on it and many of the members belong to SHHH (Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing).
The Deaf UK Mailing List is for all deaf uk people and is for discussion about deaf issues as well as stories, jokes, arguments, and other things related to the deaf community.
www.deaflibrary.org   (4821 words)

  
 New Deal/W.P.A. Artist Biographies
The State List of Artists contains people who did work in a particular state but who might have been registered in another state.
There is now a biography research page with a list of resources for researching artist biographies available.
Covarrubias was assisted by Antonio Ruiz in the depicition of the peoples, fauna, flora, economy, art and culture, housing and transportation of the Pacific.
www.wpamurals.com /wpabios.html   (11460 words)

  
 FRANK'S COMPULSIVE GUIDE TO POSTAL ADDRESSES
The February 2003 version is much expanded, including new tables and sections for Africa, the Mideast, Latin America, and with each country name in the Index linking back to the relevant section of the main document.
Thus some localities (such as Reunion Island) that are not distinct countries are listed, whereas other localities that consider themselves countries (such as Western Sahara) are not listed (but still discussed).
When more than one name is listed for the same country, you should use your knowledge of current events to choose the one that is most current and acceptable in that country, as we have done in the INDEX, bearing in mind that the choice might be controversial (e.g.
www.columbia.edu /kermit/postal.html   (11579 words)

  
 E_News June 2 1998
The idea behind the core list is to send essentially unedited material to people with a particular interest in voting system reform and elections.
Germany uses PR (Mixed Member) for its legislature, with half the seats filled from single member districts using first-past-the-post, and the other half allocated in a compensatory fashion to the parties based on their percentage of the party list vote.
If you believe Graham Hunt is working in the interests of democracy rather than furthering the agenda of the corporate sector then I guess you'll find it plausible that RCD is the fault of MMP and even perhaps that Elvis is alive and well and living in New Zealand.
www.fairvote.org /e_news/980602a.htm   (3199 words)

  
 ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: African Art
An abridged list of rulers in ancient Egypt and Nubia
Africa: The Art of a Continent (Guggenheim Museum, New York), with a link to a A Clickable Map of the Art of the Africa Continent, with further links to:
Africa (Professor Ron Johnson), with a map of Map of Contemporary Africa
witcombe.sbc.edu /ARTHafrica.html   (2437 words)

  
 eBay — stamps, stamp collecting and stamp collection items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Find both used and unused stamps from the US and all over the world.
Protect your stamp collection with sheets and folders so they last longer and stay in mint condition.
In the Worldwide Stamps category, search for first day covers, philatelic covers, postal stationary and United Nations stamps.
stamps.ebay.com   (242 words)

  
 ODONATA LINKS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB - Oregon Dragonfly and Damselfly Survey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Our aim is to put larval and adult keys of Central African Dragonflies onto the web and to make people aware of our studies in Cameroon.
Atropos A British journal devoted exclusively to butterflies, moths and dragonflies.
NEW Atropos A British journal devoted exclusively to butterflies, moths and dragonflies.
www.ent.orst.edu /ore_dfly/links.html   (2380 words)

  
 Yugoslavian stamps & stamps with maps - ICQ Interest Groups - ICQ.com
Yugoslavian stamps & stamps with maps - ICQ Interest Groups - ICQ.com
Homepage > Groups > Stamps > Yugoslavian stamps & stamps with maps > Members
Log in here to access all the groups have to offer and get quick links to your groups.
www.icq.com /groups/members.php?gid=12019472   (44 words)

  
 Philatelic Mineralogy -- Gem, Rock, and Mineral Postage Stamps From Around the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gem, Rock, and Mineral Postage Stamps Arranged by Country
View the stamp list arranged by mineral name
Links to other web sites that feature gem, rock, and mineral stamps
stampmin.home.att.net /country.htm   (42 words)

  
 Postcard Auctions by the thousands at Playle's
Online auction for postcards, postal history, and stamps - thousands of postcards at auction!
For site messages see the Announcements For User messages see the Message Board
See the Dealer Auction Directory for a listing of dealer's specialty and greeting message.
www.playle.com /browse.html   (131 words)

  
 eBay Store - Lovestamps and Collectibles: Birds, Space Transportation Ships, Royalty Famous People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
eBay Store - Lovestamps and Collectibles: Birds, Space Transportation Ships, Royalty Famous People
Shipping: Multiple items purchased in 1-week period or E-Bay Store may combine to save on P and H costs.
Namibia #920-1 Animals Fun Stamps Sheets of 10 Mint NH
stores.ebay.com /Lovestamps-and-Collectibles   (410 words)

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