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The smallest postage stamp on record was issued by Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1856, and was a square, with sides measuring 10 millimeters. The biggest stamps in history were used in the United States from 1865 and measured 52 by 95 millimeters, but were used exclusively for mailing newspapers.
Wingdings is a TrueType dingbat font included in all versions of Microsoft Windows from version 3.1 [4] until Windows Vista/Server 2008, and also in a number of application packages of that era. [5] The Wingdings trademark is owned by Microsoft, [4] and the design and glyph order was awarded U.S. Design Patent D341848 in 1993. [6] The patent ...
Postage stamps were first used in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first adhesive postage stamps, the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue. Until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning monarch, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps (the so-called ...
The "AD" monogram that Albrecht Dürer used as a signature. Monograms first appeared on coins, as early as 350 BC. The earliest known examples are of the names of Greek cities which issued the coins, often the first two letters of the city's name. For example, the monogram of Achaea consisted of the letters alpha (Α) and chi (Χ) joined ...
Two game wardens found the decomposed remains of a young girl in a wooded area of Lebanon County on Oct. 10, 1973, approximately 47 miles from Brenneman's home in York County, Lacey said. It ...
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been released from Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Samaritano Barra da Tijuca after spending the night under observation, the hospital said.
Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s) 2013 480 2013-01-09 150th anniversary of the London Underground: The stamps were issued illustrated the Metropolitan Railway (2nd Class), the deep-tube tunnels (2nd Class), Edwardian commuters (1st Class), Boston Manor station (1st Class), 1938 tube stock (£1.28) and Canary Wharf station (£1.28).
The search for missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood.