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  Stamp
By downloading or installing Stamp, you agree not to redistribute Stamp commercially, and you agree not to hold Tempest Solutions liable in the unlikely event you encounter any problems through installation, use, or misuse of Stamp.
Stamp is an award-winning software utility that renames digital camera photos so they sort in chronological order:
Stamp extracts the date/time each photo was originally shot from camera-generated metadata, then adds a timestamp to the beginning of each filename.
www.klingebiel.com /tempest/hd/stamp.php4   (182 words)

  
  Postage stamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Stamps should be distinguished from cinderellas, stamp-like labels that resemble, but are not, postage stamps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Postage_stamp   (1965 words)

  
 Stamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A stamp is a distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, for instance those made on a piece of paper and used to indicate the prepayment of a fee or tax.
Revenue stamps, often used on documents; they are superficially similar to postage stamps, but may have very high denominations (see also Stamp Act and Stamp Duty)
Stamp may also refer to the manufacturing processes using Machine presses and dies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stamp   (191 words)

  
 The Stamp Act
Grenville proposed the stamp duties in the spring of 1764, a year before the act was to be passed.
The stamps, ranging in value from a few pence to several pounds, were to be placed on newspapers, marriage licenses, deeds, shipping bills, and many kinds of legal papers -- fifty-four kinds of documents in all.
As the first installments of stamps began to arrive and the names of the distributors were made known, the rioting increased and reached its culmination in Boston, where the usual meeting place, Faneuil Hall, became known as the Cradle of Liberty.
www.usahistory.info /American-Revolution/Stamp-Act.html   (2638 words)

  
 Stamp Collecting Terms
Stamps, usually used, which have been used on mail and still adhere to all or part of that original piece of mail.
Stamp with a special cancellation or overprint and which was applied before the stamp is used on mail.
The piercing of the paper between stamps (as opposed to perforations which are holds) that creates slits that aid in separating the stamps.
www.stamps.net /terms.htm   (1630 words)

  
 STAMP GLOSSARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Stamps are usually sold "as is" when they are in poor condition or are possibly not genuine.
The collectible grades of stamps are determined by the position of the design in relation to the edge of the stamp as perforated or, in the case of imperforate stamps, as cut from the sheet.
Ungummed stamps are either stamps issued without gum or stamps that have been stuck together and subsequently soaked apart, losing their gum in the process.
www.artforwildhearts.com /sglossary.html   (9270 words)

  
 CASLS Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Since STAMP does not overly burden students with test items that exceed their demonstrated achievement level, the testing experience is less frustrating to them.
STAMP was developed to measure student proficiency: how well a student can actually use the language in communicative situations.
Because STAMP is a criterion-based test, rather than a norm-based test, the five score groups are not evenly divided into duodecile groups, as is common.
casls.uoregon.edu /stamp2.php   (2153 words)

  
 USPS - Stamp Release No. 01-054 - Eid Stamp Part of Holiday Celebrations Series
The 34-cent Eid stamp will be issued on Sept. 1 at the annual Islamic Society of North America's convention at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Road, Des Plaines, Ill, at 11:45 a.m.
They may purchase the new stamps at their local post office, affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address an envelope (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to: EID STAMP, POSTMASTER, 1000 East Oakton Street, Des Plaines, IL 60018-9991.
Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers the first day covers for new stamp issues and postal stationery items postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation.
www.usps.com /news/2001/philatelic/sr01_054.htm   (1009 words)

  
 STAMP 6.0
In the September 2000 issue of Australian Economic Papers a paper on model-based seasonal adjustment using STAMP is published by Imad A. Moosa (La Trobe University) with title In Defence of Model-Based Seasonal Adjustment: An Illustration Using Australian Data.
In STAMP 6.01, Seas 1 refers to the first seasonal of the year while in STAMP 5, Seas 1 refers to the first seasonal of the estimation sample period.
In STAMP 5, this was not possible and all values larger than 2.0 (in absolute values) were printed.
stamp-software.com /noframes.html   (2376 words)

  
 Stamp Duty on Financial Cards
Stamp duty is normally charged to your bank or credit/charge card account once a year.
There is no stamp duty charge for converting an old card to a new CHIP/PIN irrespective of when the changeover takes place, provided you switch over to an equivalent card and cancel the old card before the end of the year.
Stamp duty is generally collected on 1 April, in arrears.
www.revenue.ie /leaflets/financial.htm   (1744 words)

  
 STAMP
These four postage stamps would be the result of an annual nation-wide art contest on the theme of "Tobacco Control." The art contest would have four age categories.
In 1997, STAMP officially submitted artwork to the United States Postal Service and requested that a tobacco control postage stamp be considered.
STAMP essentially is seeking to encourage art contests to be conducted in every city and in every country that would result in artwork to be used for a tobacco control postage stamp.
www.stamp.org /postagestamp.html   (632 words)

  
 LINNS.COM: The website of the world's largest weekly stamp newspaper-Linn's Stamp News
Each stamp in the Scott standard catalog is listed with useful information, such as the issue date, the process used to print the stamp, the perforation gauge (a measurement of how close together the perforation holes are), and an individual Scott catalog number.
The standard postage stamp catalog provides values for most of the stamps that are listed, both in unused condition and postally used.
For each individual stamp or stamp set listing, at least one stamp is shown in fl and white to illustrate the basic design.
www.linns.com /howto/usingcatalogs/usingcatalogs.asp?uID=   (1161 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (Stamping Grounds)
To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors.
The EID stamp was reissued by the USPS in
The USPS already issues stamps commemorating the Christian holiday of Christmas (with both religious and festive themes) and the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah as well as Kwanzaa.
www.snopes.com /politics/religion/eidstamp.asp   (613 words)

  
 Antarctic Postal History: An Introduction to B.A.E. II / The Stamps
Secondly, the stamp was used to help finance the expedition; revenue generated from a special handling charge on all mail sent to Little America to receive the unusual cancellation helped defray a small part of the expedition expenses.
The decision to have these stamps issued in the 3¢ value was a gesture of goodwill on Roosevelt's part, aimed at stamp collectors.
The question was raised: "Why is a stamp with the wording 'U.S. printed on it invalid for regular postal use?" President Roosevelt and PMG Farley reconsidered their original concept for the Little America "only" usage of this stamp and it was reclassified as a typical commemorative issue.
www.south-pole.com /p0000142.htm   (2222 words)

  
 Darwin - Finches Stamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Stamp One is proud to feature this series of stamps which was issued in Darwin's honor - for his contributions to geology and the Galapagos Island research.
Each item is featured as the stamp and also as an enlargements on a card.
The stamps were issued by the British Post Office on February 10, 1982 - and were designed by David Gentleman and printed in photogravure by Harrison and Sons.
www.stamp-one.com /gallery/darwin/finchcrd.htm   (78 words)

  
 A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765.
The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains (10,000 troops were to be stationed on the American frontier for this purpose).
The Stamp Act, however, was viewed as a direct attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval of the colonial legislatures.
www.history.org /History/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm   (276 words)

  
 Stamp 101
Imperforate stamps may have small margins, and earlier issues may show the design touching one edge of the stamp design.
For perforated stamps, perfs may barely clear the design on one side, and very early issues normally wil have the perforations slightly cutting into the design.
Stamp listings and descriptions are not known for their design appeal.
www.stamp-one.com /stamps101.htm   (862 words)

  
 Stamp Collecting Merit Badge
Research and report on a famous stamp-related personality or the history behind a particular stamp.
A collection of a stamp from each of 50 different countries, mounted on maps to show the location of each.
A collection of 100 or more different stamps from either one country or a group of closely related countries.
www.meritbadge.com /mb/108.htm   (438 words)

  
 BASIC Stamps
The BASIC Stamp 2px is 1.6 times faster than the BASIC Stamp 2p and includes a built-in voltage comparator, as well as built-in, user-configurable Pull-up Resistor, Schmitt Trigger and Logic Threshold circuitry on every I/O pin.
The BASIC Stamp 2pe module (BS2PE) was designed for the data logging customer that requires low power consumption and extensive memory for data storage.
The BASIC Stamp 1 module (BS1-IC) is equivalent to the Rev. D except it is packaged in a 14-pin SIP module.
www.parallax.com /html_pages/products/basicstamps/basic_stamps.asp   (487 words)

  
 VAWnet :: Stop Family Violence Stamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The self-adhesive, non-denominated stamp sells for 45 cents and is valid for postage at the first-class, first ounce letter rate.
The Stamp design, selected by the USPS, is the artwork of a young girl and expresses her own unique voice about the human costs of violence against women.
The Breast Cancer Research stamp issued in 1998 and the Heroes of 2001 stamp issued in 2002 are the others.
www.vawnet.org /Stamp.php   (430 words)

  
 African American Heritage Stamps
In its January 2004 publication African Americans on Stamps: A Celebration of African American Heritage the U.S. Postal Service highlights the many African Americans who have been featured on stamps since the Black Heritage stamp series was begun in 1978, with a stamp honoring Harriet Tubman.
The stamp, which will be dedicated on January 28, 1997, at the Washington, D.C., National Guard Armory, depicts Davis at the height of his career on an inspection tour near the American front in France in August 1944.
Four stamps feature gospel singers Roberta Martin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, and Mahalia Jackson, all known for their stirring renditions of songs that touched the heart and soul of listeners across the nation.
usinfo.state.gov /usa/blackhis/stamps.htm   (1330 words)

  
 USPS - July 19, 2002 - Literary Arts Series Continues With Issuance Of Ogden Nash Postage Stamp
The background of the stamp consists of six poems by Nash: "The Turtle," "The Cow," "Crossing the Border," "The Kitten," "Limerick One" and "The Camel." They are printed without titles.
The Ogden Nash stamp, and all recently issued stamps and philatelic products, as well as the free USA Philatelic catalog, are available by calling toll free 1 800 STAMP 24.
The stamp, and a selection of current U.S. stamps and gift items, are also available at the Postal Store at usps.com.
www.usps.com /news/2002/philatelic/sr02_043.htm   (1296 words)

  
 The Philatelic Sherlock Holmes
Each of those covers bore also the Yeti Post stamp tied to the left of the cover by a rectangular outlined and undated cancellation inscribed with the name of the post.
The cancellation stamp was designed for the occasion as well and was destroyed after the weekend, so that no additional issues could be made.
Stamps could be purchased at the local post office, affixed to correspondence at the gathering and after cancellation, were delivered to the addressees.
www.trussel.com /detfic/sholmes.htm   (1693 words)

  
 YourHobby.Com - Stamp Collecting
Stamps of Vietnam & indochina - We are a group dedicated to exploring the postal history and stamps of Vietnma back to it's beginning as Cochin China and Annam and Tonkin
China Stamp Society - The China Stamp Society is an international philatelic society organized to promote the collecting of stamps and the study of the postal history of China and related areas.
Collectors of Religion on Stamps (COROS) - COROS is the acronym for The Collectors of Religion on Stamps; a non-profit philatelic society dedicated to the study and collection of material that has element of religious significance.
www.yourhobby.com /stamps   (1375 words)

  
 Parallax, Inc-StoreFront Product Detail Page
Our BASIC Stamp 2 module has an extended temperature range of -40 C to +85 C (-40 F to +185 F) making it rated Industrial.
The BASIC Stamp essentially serves as the brains inside of electronics projects and applications that require a programmable microcontroller.
Our Stamps in Class Educational Program was designed with this module, making it a great place to learn about microcontrollers.
www.parallax.com /detail.asp?product_id=BS2-IC   (286 words)

  
 STAMP - Secure, Template-Aware Mail Processor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
STAMP is a secure, generic HTML form mailer written in Perl.
There are no functionality changes; the only change is to the documentation, which is now more explicit about using one STAMP configuration file to configure settings for multiple forms.
STAMP is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
stupidfool.org /perl/stamp   (215 words)

  
 Photo retouching with AKVIS Stamp, a healing/cloning plug-in
The field of AKVIS Stamp application ranges from portrait enhancement (as it brilliantly removes wrinkles, scars, scratches, and "treats" porous skin) to retouching of various image flaws (spots, stains, dust), removing unwanted objects and artistic cloning.
The stamp tool is similar to the Healing Brush, which first appeared in the 7th version of Adobe Photoshop.
The advantage of AKVIS Stamp tool is that you can easily manipulate cloned areas using the Edit mode of the Stamp.
akvis.com /en/stamp/index.php   (556 words)

  
 stamp - Wiktionary
An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other.
To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
en.wiktionary.org /wiki/stamp   (238 words)

  
 Rubber Stamp Champ
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Save your Logos, Clipart and customization on-line for further use At Rubber Stamp Champ, we specialize in HIGH VOLUME stamp orders.
www.rubberstampchamp.com   (286 words)

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