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The 12-hour notation is widely used in daily life, written communication, and is used in spoken language. The 24-hour notation is used in situations where there would be widespread ambiguity. Examples include railway timetables, plane departure and landing timings, and TV schedules.
Siddiqui Stamps Catalogue - Collect Pakistan Postage Stamps 2011 Edition available at www.pakistanphilately.com Editor: Akhtar ul Islam Siddiqui; Ron Doubleday and Usman Ali Isani, Pakistan Overprints on Indian Stamps and Postal Stationery 1947–1949, Karachi (1993).
When stamps were initially issued, the name of the country was in two languages i.e. English and Urdu. Bengali , which was the first language for more than half the population, was not depicted on stamps until 1956. [ 44 ]
It is the most comprehensive, detailed and thick dictionary in the history of Urdu language. [ citation needed ] It is published by the Urdu Lughat Board, Karachi. The dictionary was edited by the honorary director general of the board Maulvi Abdul Haq who had already been working on an Urdu dictionary since the establishment of the Urdu ...
In Great Britain, the first postmark employed for the cancellation of the then new adhesive postage stamps was the Maltese Cross, so named because of its shape and appearance. This was used in conjunction with a date stamp which was applied, usually to the rear of the letter, which denoted the date of posting.
The Pakistani passport (Urdu: پاکستانی پاسپورٹ) is an passport issued by the government of Pakistan to its citizens for international travel purposes. The Directorate General of Immigration & Passports holds the responsibility for passport issuance, under the regulation of the Ministry of Interior.
Contour stamp A toy rubber stamp featuring a pterosaur Fabrication of stamp by photopolymer method Ink pad "Barock Made in East Germany" (c.1960), in the collection of the Museum Europäischer Kulturen. Materials besides rubber can produce a stamp. Woodcut and linocut, the carving of linoleum, are art forms based on the same principles ...
Postage stamp, used to indicate prepayment of fees for public mail; Ration stamp, indicating the right to rationed goods; Revenue stamp, used on documents to indicate payment of tax; Rubber stamp, device used to apply inked markings to objects Passport stamp, a rubber stamp inked impression received in one's passport upon entering or exiting a ...