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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. Fares and ticketing on the Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

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    Rail operators are government-assisted profit-based corporations, fares and ticketing on Singapore 's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system are aimed to break-even or exceed operating expenses. [ 1][ 2] Rail operators collect fares based on account-based (ABT) and card-based ticketing options, [ 3][ 4] the prices of which are calculated based on the ...

  4. Congestion pricing - Wikipedia

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    Congestion pricing is a concept from market economics regarding the use of pricing mechanisms to charge the users of public goods for the negative externalities generated by the peak demand in excess of available supply. Its economic rationale is that, at a price of zero, demand exceeds supply, causing a shortage, and that the shortage should ...

  5. Postal codes in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Canada Post - Wikipedia

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    Canada Post (French: Postes Canada) is the Federal Identity Program name. The legal name is Canada Post Corporation in English and Société canadienne des postes in French. During the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, the short forms used in the corporation's logo were "Mail" (English) and "Poste" (French), rendered as "Poste Mail" in Québec ...

  7. Dimensional weight - Wikipedia

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    Dimensional weight, also known as volumetric weight, is a pricing technique for commercial freight transport (including courier and postal services ), which uses an estimated weight that is calculated from the length, width and height of a package. The shipping fee is based upon the dimensional weight or the actual weight, whichever is greater.

  8. Incoterms - Wikipedia

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    Incoterms inform sales contracts defining respective obligations, costs, and risks involved in the delivery of goods from the seller to the buyer, but they do not themselves conclude a contract, determine the price payable, currency or credit terms, govern contract law or define where title to goods transfers.

  9. Canada Post racks up $1 million in parking fines yearly: data

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    Canada Post racks up nearly $1 million in parking tickets yearly, as delivery drivers attempt to traverse crowded streets in a timely manner, according to data. Canada Post racks up $1 million in ...