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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    History. 1892 Straits Settlements stamp. A postal service had been available in Singapore since the contemporary city was founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819. Postal services were first directly organised in Singapore in 1826, and from 1829 rectangular postmarks began to be used on local correspondence.

  3. List of countries by home ownership rate - Wikipedia

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    2022 [4] Indonesia: 84: 2019 [13 ... Canada: 66.5: 2021 ... This page was last edited on 7 August 2024, ...

  4. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.

  5. Reserves of the Government of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, the total size of the reserves has been estimated to be at least S$ 2.5 trillion (2024) ( US$ 1.87 trillion ), based on publicly available data from GIC, [a] Temasek, [b] MAS, [c] and CPF, [d] among others. It is generally assumed that Singapore's reserves are far-reaching and significant. However, the Government has consistently ...

  6. Next Singaporean general election - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] The date was confirmed as 15 May 2024 in an announcement on 15 April 2024; Lee stepped down his post and passed his premier to Wong on that day. [20] The new cabinet was also announced, with Gan Kim Yong promoted as the next-in-line Deputy Prime Minister and Lee conferred as a Senior Minister, [ 21 ] though changes to the cabinet were ...

  7. Opinion polling for the 45th Canadian federal election ...

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    Trendlines are 30-poll local regressions, with polls weighted by proximity in time and a logarithmic function of sample size. 95% confidence ribbons represent uncertainty about the trendlines, not the likelihood that actual election results would fall within the intervals.

  8. Twice This Year Already: Why the Cost of a Stamp Keeps Rising

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    The current increase is the latest in a string of postal-rate increases dating back to the birth of the nation. ... In 2021 dollars, that's about $1.67 to $6.95, which is a lot more than the cost ...

  9. Postal codes in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Singapore 52 0 147. Blk 147 Tampines Avenue 5. Singapore 52 1 147. Similarly, for a HDB residential block sharing the same number as another block in the same postal sector, but have an added suffix behind are differentiated by their postal codes as follows: Blk 150 Bishan Street 11. Singapore 57 0 150.