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All ISO 216, ISO 217 and ISO 269 paper sizes (except some envelopes) have the same aspect ratio, √ 2:1, within rounding to millimetres. This ratio has the unique property that when cut or folded in half widthways, the halves also have the same aspect ratio. Each ISO paper size is one half of the area of the next larger size in the same series ...
The Philippine postal system has a history spanning over 250 years. In 1767, the first post office in the Philippines was established in the city of Manila, which was later organized under a new postal district of Spain. [4] At first, the postal office served mainly to courier government and church documents.
Following the occupation of the Philippines by the United States as a result of the Spanish–American War, the American military government issued regular stamps overprinted with the word "Philippines", for postal purposes. Stamps issued on June 30, 1899, were used up to August 1906, when the American civil government that supplanted the ...
B4, B5, and B6 are used for envelopes that will hold C-series envelopes. B4 is quite common in printed music sheets. B5 is a relatively common choice for books. B7 is equal to the passport size ID-3 from ISO/IEC 7810. Many posters use B-series paper or a close approximation, such as 50 cm × 70 cm ~ B2.
Jay-Z is accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with fellow music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The lawsuit was first filed in October but did not list Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn ...
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that raw Arabica coffee prices soared to a record high of nearly $3.44 per pound, which beat the prior record of $3.35 from 1977. Volcafe, a top ...
The United States Postal Service will be raising shipping prices after the holidays, it recently announced.. Ground Advantage prices will go up 5.4%, Priority Mail will increase by 5.7%, and ...
It might be noteworth to mention at the main article that Jeppesen, (the de-facto publischer of aeronatical charts worldwide) use the 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" paper -half letter- half letter format. (punced with 7 holes). This information is not well known for outside the US, and very handy to know for i.e. 'poor men' flight simmers.