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  2. Postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    The main components of a stamp: 1. Image 2. Perforations 3. Denomination 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail).

  3. Flint water crisis - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] The city switched back to the Detroit water system on October 16, 2015. [11] It later signed a 30-year contract with the new Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) on November 22, 2017. [12] On January 5, 2016, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency in Genesee County, of which Flint is the major population center.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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    The stamps first had label Republika Srpska, and the currency was until 24 December Yugoslav dinar. From 15th of July 2003, the stamps use double label Bosna i Hercegovina / Republika Srpska. The stamps of Republika Srpska usually use the Cyrillic script, so the label reads Рeпублиҝa Српска.

  5. Rohingya genocide - Wikipedia

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    The study also estimated that over 18,000 Rohingya Muslim women and girls were raped, 116,000 Rohingyans were beaten, and 36,000 Rohingyans were thrown into fires. [21] [22] [23] [127] It was also reported that at least 6,700 to 7,000 Rohingya people including 730 children were killed in the first month alone since the crackdown started.

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The 1c value from the first postage stamp of Guatemala, issued 1871 An 1898 telegraph stamp of Guatemala, produced by overprinting an earlier postage stamp. Guatemala has been independent from Spain since 1847. The first adhesive stamps of Guatemala were revenue stamps issued in 1868. [1] [2] The first postage stamps were produced in 1871. [3]

  7. John Gault - Wikipedia

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    As suggested by its name, the encased postage stamp consisted of a postage stamp encased, or sandwiched between two covers made out of brass. [1] Gault constructed the original postage cases out of silver in order for them to more closely resemble real coins. [2] However, Gault found that silver encased postage stamps were too expensive for him ...

  8. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - Wikipedia

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    A commemorative postage stamp was released by government of India in 1970. [138] [139] A portrait of Savarkar was unveiled in the Indian Parliament in 2003. [140] The Shiv Sena party has demanded that the Indian Government posthumously confer upon him India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. [141]

  9. Zakir Husain - Wikipedia

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    At a time of rising animosity between the Congress and the Muslim League and worsening inter-communal relations, the celebration was attended by Jinnah, his sister Fatima and Liaquat Ali Khan from the Muslim League and Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Azad and C. Rajagopalachari of the Congress. [28] In a plea to the assembled leaders, Husain said