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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    White and blue Scinde Dawks. Postage stamps of Pakistan are those issued since Pakistan's independence in 1947. Pakistan Post has issued more than 600 sets and singles totalling more than 1300 stamps. Immediately after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the new Pakistan government was preoccupied with setting up the government so British ...

  3. List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1947 to 1966

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    One stamp was issued on this occasion; Value: 2a; Ninth Anniversary of Independence – 14 August 1956 One stamp was issued on this occasion; Value: 2a; 1st Session of National Assembly of Pakistan at Dacca – 1956 Three stamps were issued on this occasion; Values: 1½a, 2a, 12a; 1957. First Anniversary of Republic Day – 23 March 1957

  4. Closings and cancellations following the September 11 attacks

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    Civilian air traffic was allowed to resume on September 13, with stricter airport security checks, disallowing for example the box cutting knives that were used by the hijackers. (Reinforcement of cockpit doors began in October 2001, and was required for larger airlines by 2003.) First, stranded planes were allowed to fly to their intended ...

  5. Scinde Dawk - Wikipedia

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    Scinde Dawk (Sindhi: سندي ڊاڪ) was a postal system of runners that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, an area of present-day Pakistan.The term also refers to the first adhesive postage stamps in Asia, the forerunners of the adhesive stamps used throughout India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas controlled by the British East India Company.

  6. Gallery of passport stamps by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    The gallery of passport stamps by country or territory contains an accurate alphabetical list of sovereign states, partially recognised states, and dependent territories with images of their passport stamps including visas. All Schengen countries and Cyprus use the same format for their stamps and stamps are not issued when traveling from one ...

  7. Media documentation of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    Flight 175's impact of the South Tower was captured by numerous amateur videographers and across multiple news outlets who were reporting on the World Trade Center after Flight 11's impact. Two security cameras captured the impact at The Pentagon and the impact of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania is only recorded as a mushroom cloud in a single video.

  8. Chicago Philatelic Society - Wikipedia

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    The society was founded October 8, 1886. Its predecessor was the Chicago Stamp Collectors Union established a few years earlier, in December 1884. It has the distinction of being Chapter One of the American Philatelic Society because of its long and continuous service to philately. [1]

  9. Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden - Wikipedia

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    History. Originally planned as The British Memorial Garden, it was officially named The British Garden at Hanover Square by Prince Harry on May 29, 2009. On May 2, 2012, it was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden at a rededication ceremony led by the Dean of Westminster Abbey.