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One stamp was issued on this occasion; Value: 15p; Universal Children's Day – 3 October 1966 One stamp was issued on this occasion; Value: 15p; 20th Anniversary of UNESCO – 24 November 1966 One stamp was issued on this occasion; Value: 15p; Islamabad, New Capital – 29 November 1966 Two stamps were issued on this occasion; Values: 15p, 50p
The reverse contains the denomination "2 CENTS" within a somewhat ornate wheat wreath. The rest of the coin is filled with the name of the country. [30] Art historian Cornelius Vermeule deemed the two-cent piece "the most Gothic and the most expressive of the Civil War" of all American coins. [33] "The shield, arrows, and wreath of the obverse ...
The 2-cent Army stamp of January 15, 1937, shows Andrew Jackson (left) and Winfield Scott a hero of the Mexican War, leading a campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. [9] Following the Peace Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the Mexican Cession turned over to the U.S. territory stretching west to the Pacific Ocean.
The island of Labuan was incorporated into the colony in 1907, the remainder of Labuan Colony's stamps were overprinted "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.", some with new denominations. In 1910 new stamps appeared with values of $25 and $500 (although available for postage, their more usual use was fiscal).
In 1977, the Board published the first edition of Urdu Lughat, a 22-volume comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language. [2] The dictionary had 20,000 pages, including 220,000 words. [3] In 2009, Pakistani feminist poet Fahmida Riaz was appointed as the Chief Editor of the Board. [4] In 2010, the Board published one last edition Urdu Lughat. [3]
Federal Urdu University (Abdul-Haq campus), Karachi [2] Occupation(s) Researcher, scholar and a literary critic: Era: 20th century: Organization: Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu: Known for: Compiling a Standard English-Urdu Dictionary and a lifetime dedication to the promotion of Urdu language: Title: Baba-e-Urdu (lit. ' Father of Urdu ') Signature
The first Washington–Franklin postage stamp to be released was a 2-cent stamp issued on November 16, 1908. Other denominations soon followed and would continue to appear through the first World War years, with the last Washington–Franklin postage stamp issued in 1923.
The 5-cent Franklin and the 10-cent Washington postage stamps issued in 1847 were the first postage stamps issued and authorized for nationwide postal duty by the U.S. Post Office. The firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson of New York City were given a four-year contract to print the first U.S. postage stamps in 1847.