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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The 1866 local stamps of Liannos et Cie for the Egyptian postal service in Constantinople In 1865 the local post distribution company Liannos et Cie was established in Constantinople to distribute mail arriving in the city which was not addressed in Arabic as the staff of the Ottoman Postal Service were unable to read the Latin alphabet.

  3. 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).

  4. Holiday stamp - Wikipedia

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    The United States Postal Service issued a 34-cent stamp on the 1 September 2001 at the annual Islamic Society of North America's convention in Des Plaines, Illinois.It features gold Arabic calligraphy on a lapis background that commemorates two of the most important Muslim festivals: Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha, at the end of the pilgrimage to ...

  5. Islam (name) - Wikipedia

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    Also, the name of the religion Islam and is primarily associated with Muslims. The name Islam is a diminutive of the name Aslam (أَسْلَم aslam), which both names stemming from the male noun-name Salaam. [citation needed] It may refer to:

  6. Errors, freaks, and oddities - Wikipedia

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    Errors include use of the wrong colors, wrong denominations, missing parts of the design, misplaced or inverted design elements, etc. The term "error" is typically reserved for obvious failures in the production process that (potentially) replicate over many stamps, while unique errors or poor quality are known as "freaks" or "oddities".

  7. List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1947 to 1966

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    Independence commemorative – 9 July 1948 Four stamps were issued; Values: 1½ a, 2½a. 3a, Rs.1, These stamps were designed by Abdul Rehman Chughtai First regular series (Crescent and Star facing Northeast) – 14 August 1948 20 definitive stamps were issued on this occasion; Values: 3P, 6P, 9P, 1a, 1½a, 2a, 2½a, 3a, 3½a, 4a, 6a, 8a, 10a, 12a,

  8. Postage stamps and postal history of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Saudi Arabia, formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd until 22 September 1932. The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd had been separate countries until the mid-1920s. Saudi Arabia is the largest Arab country of the Middle East. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and ...

  9. Eid al-Fitr - Wikipedia

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    Eid-e-Fitr feast postage stamp of Iran (1984) In Iran , where the occasion is known as Eid-e-Fitr (Persian: عید فطر ), several groups of experts representing the office of Ayatollah Khamenei go to the different zones of the country at the last days of Ramadan to determine the date of Eid. [ 32 ]