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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > People on stamps
Used stamps of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1993.
From 1908 British Central Africa used the stamps of the Nyassaland Protectorate[?].
From 1904 British East Africa used the stamps of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorate[?].
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 History and Types of Postage Stamps
Automatenmarken, stamps issued in the denomination of the customer's choice by a kind of machine (similar to computer-vended postage) are also referred to by the acronym ATM, which has created some confusion.
perforated stamps - while this term is often used to refer to the perforations around the edge of a stamp (used to divide the sheet into individual stamps) it is also a technical term for stamps which have been additionally perforated across the middle leaving a distinctive pattern or monogram.
The adhesive or gum on the back of the stamp must be moistened (usually it is done by licking, thus the stamps are also known as "lick and stick") to affix it to the envelope or package.
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 SWITZERLAND - LoveToKnow Article on SWITZERLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The snow-clad Alps of course have the heaviest rain- or snow-fall in Switzerland, this being estimated at 89.7 in.
Switzerland is that over the Umbrail Pass (8242 ft.), opened in i9o1, and leading from the Swiss upper MUnster valley to close to the Stelvio.
In 1905 there were in Switzerland 1924 hotels (of which 402 were in Bern and 358 in the Grisons) specially built for the accommodation of foreign visitors, containing 124,068 beds, and employing 33,480 servants (the numbers for 1894 and 1880 are 1693 and 1002, 88,634 and 58,137, and 23,997 and 16,022 respectively).
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 Encyclopedia: List of people on stamps of Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This is a list of people on stamps of Switzerland.
See also: People on stamps, list of Swiss people.
Swiss stamps with Frederick Banting and Robert Koch
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 Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) is a landlocked federal republic in Europe, bordering Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.
Switzerland is not a member state of the EU but applied for membership therein in May 1992.
The German spoken in Switzerland is predominantly a group of dialects that are almost unintelligible to Germans and are collectively known as Swiss German, but written communication and broadcasts typically use High German (standard German).
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 Undesirable Stamps List
Actually, a total of 17,836 stamps and souvenir sheets were released in 2000, according to Linn's calculations, which are based on the new-issue survey prepared by the editors of the German-language stamp magazine Michel-Rundschau.
Fujeira stamps were replaced by issues of UAE on 1 January 1973.
Comparing these figures with Liberia's 2000 high of 677 stamps and 94 sheets, the quantity of stamps issued by Fujeira is really impressive, and shows when the big problems of the topical philately actually begun.
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 Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Switzerland is not yet a member state of the EU, but has been (together with Liechtenstein) surrounded by EU territory since the joining of Austria in 1995.
Switzerland is a prosperous and stable modern market economy with a per capita GDP higher than that of the big western European economies.
Switzerland sits at the crossroads of several major European cultures, which have heavily influenced the country's languages and cultural practices.
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 Learn more about List of people on stamps in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Although many smaller countries will put a hodge-podge of international personalities on their stamps in an effort to make sales to collectors, countries with a more respectable issuing policy will more often feature people who have played an important role in the country's own history and culture.
Between 1932 and 1972 Aitutaki used the stamps of the Cook Islands.
From 1904 British East Africa used the stamps of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorate.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The usual practice is for the stamp to feature a portrait of the person, either full-length or head alone.
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.
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 List of people on stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The usual practice is for the stamp to feature a portrait of the person, either full-length or head alone.
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.
hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_people_on_stamps   (572 words)

  
 List of people on stamps of Switzerland
This is a list of people on stamps of Switzerland.
The cantons of Zurich, Geneva, and Basel did not issue any stamps honoring people.
See also: People on stamps, list of Swiss people
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 Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, which borders Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.
In order to minimise the negative consequences of Switzerland's isolation from the rest of Europe, Bern and Brussels signed seven agreements, called Bilateral Agreements I, to further liberalise trade ties in 1999 and entering into force in 2001.
Switzerland voted against membership in the European Economic Area in December 1992 and has since maintained and developed its relationships with the European Union and European countries via bilateral agreements.
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 GuruNet — Content Map
List of people who died on their birthdays
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List of people whose first name is not commonly known
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 List of people on stamps - Definition, explanation
List of people on stamps - Definition, explanation
However, the mere depiction of a work of art (such as for a Christmas stamp) is not considered to be honoring the artist.
List of people on stamps of Lubeck (1859-1865)
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 Chapter 25 Technical info about stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Stamps are made from paper; paper has always been made primarily from plant fibers such as cotton, wood,..etc. which are rich in cellulose.
In Switzerland a lot of the smaller villages have their CDS with special designs featuring a speciality of their region (e.g., a famous mountain or a church).
I thought that stamps were a good form of revenue for the government(s)...why can't they do a simple thing like ease up on the ink and put the CDS on the right instead of the left(where the stamp usually isn't!)...
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 Stamps
There are many stamps which look the same but have varieties in size, color, paper type, perforations, secret marks, and watermarks to name a few.
If you have stamps to offer that can fill holes, or can replace defective or misidentified items, feel free to email me. Suggestions as to the design and implementation of this web site are also encouraged.
These stamps can form an interesting addition to a school report, make wonderful additions to scrapbooks by croppers, can be framed, and can be included in a genealogical report to demonstrate visions of the home country at very little cost.
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 Fragrant Stamps - the miracle of microencapsulation Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association, Mangalore, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The full sheet contained 15 stamps resembling the squares of a chocolate bar and they were framed by crinkled foil.
The stamps were a huge hit not only among stamp collectors but among the chocolate lovers as well, who lined up to grab a sweet smelling no calorie chocolate sheet.
The stamp issued by Switzerland has gone through this painful process to come out smelling of "chocolates".
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 St. Ignatius College bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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List of songs whose title constitutes the entire lyrics
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 ipedia.com: List of people on stamps Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Although many smaller countries will put a hodge-podge of international personalities on their stamps in an effort to make sales to collectors, countries with a more respectable issuing policy will mo...
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Below is a complete list of photo stock images available in our archives.
Scroll through the complete list of stock photo images and see which topics meet your stock photography needs.
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 Encyclopedia: People on stamps of Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 Gates Wants Stamps for Email - Alien Soup
Differentiating among classes of e-mail is one of the substantial technical difficulties that e-mail postage proposals face.
In wrestling with this matter, academic researchers have proposed complex stamp systems in which each e-mail recipient sets the price for a message to enter his or her in-box.
Senders do not pay for stamps that are not used, but they do pay whether an e-mail recipient reads the message or not.
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 Michael's Beermats Page
The big advantage of this is that it's fairly easy (at least in certain areas or countries of this world...) to obtain and collect them.
To the surprise of many people, I haven't (yet) got any sophisticated form of administration for my beermat collection.
Here used to be a list of people, who have contributed to my collection.
www.eye.ch /~stopp/beermats   (910 words)

  
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 eBay — Europe, Stamps and Albania items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 CNN.com - Gates: Buy stamps to send e-mail - Mar. 5, 2004
The proposals are also largely U.S.-centric, and even with seamless currency conversion, paying even a token amount would be burdensome for the developing world, said John Patrick, former vice president of Internet technology at IBM Corp.
"We have to think of not only, let's say, the relatively well-off half billion people using e-mail today, but the 5 or 6 billion who aren't using it yet but who soon will be," Patrick said.
Nonetheless, it will be tough to persuade people to pay -- in cash or computing time that delays mail -- for something they are used to getting for free.
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 indexriche.htm
We want to bring back the stamp store feeling where you get the same service whether you are buying penny stamps or hundred dollar items.
We are unable to display all our stamps; however, on the higher priced items we will be glad to send you e-mail with.jpg images of the stamps.
We are also limited in showing you our inventory so please send us a want list and we will respond as soon as possible.
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 Stamps We Offer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
We can offer stamps from all parts of the world almost any topical area you can think of.
We have a great stock of Austrian stamps from the 19th century to the BOB issues.
Swiss stamps were one of the first specialties Henry Gitner offered over 20 years ago.
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 Musical Stamps Homepage: Musikus
I'm looking for meter cancellations on this topic and I'm also interested in unused stamps and postmarks on used letter.
I collect stamps with composers and would like to buy used stamps according to my want-list.
I collect philatelic material (mint stamps, maximum cards, covers, etc.) on opera (orchestras, conductors, festivals, singers, composers, theatres, etc.) and would like to get in contact with other collectors interesting in the same subject to exchange philatelic material and knowledge.
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 eBay — cinderella stamp, Topical Specialty and Stamps items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
We sell topical stamps, esp. stamps with dogs as well as wild life stamps and stamps with animals and flowers from all over the world.
Universal Philatelic Service is one of the largest stamp companies in the world.
We have a huge stock of stamps, souvenir sheets, collections, lots and packets...
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 List of people on stamps of Switzerland at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 Yugoslavian stamps & stamps with maps - ICQ Interest Groups
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