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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates

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    The UAE issued its first Federal stamps on 1 January 1973. [5] [6] Before then, the individual emirates issued their own stamps. [7] [8] Stamp of Dubai, 1963. Stamp of Ajman, 1965. Stamp of Fujairah, 1964. Stamp of Umm al-Quwain, 1964. Stamp of Sharjah, 1968.

  3. Flag of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the United Arab Emirates ( Arabic: علم دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة) contains the Pan-Arab colors red, green, white, and black. It was designed in 1971 by Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah, who was 19 years old at that time, and was adopted on 2 December 1971 after winning a nationwide flag design contest.

  4. Revenue stamps of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Revenue stamps of the United Arab Emirates. Map of the United Arab Emirates with Abu Dhabi in yellow and Dubai in red. The United Arab Emirates, formerly known as Trucial States, first issued revenue stamps in 1948 and continues to do so to this day. In addition, the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai also had their own separate revenue issues.

  5. 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.

  6. Demographics of Dubai - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Dubai. The population of Dubai is estimated to be 3.5 million as of April 2022 according to government data. [1] [2] As of 2021, 3.2 million were non-Emirati, and 69% were male. [3] About 58.50% of the population is concentrated in the 25-44 age group.

  7. British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia - Wikipedia

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    British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia. British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia issued early postage stamps used in each of Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar. Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when, following the Partition of India, British agencies were established there.

  8. Black-and-white - Wikipedia

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    Computing. In computing terminology, black-and-white is sometimes used to refer to a binary image consisting solely of pure black pixels and pure white ones; what would normally be called a black-and-white image, that is, an image containing shades of gray, is referred to in this context as grayscale. [2]

  9. Confederate names make comeback, triggering lawsuits - AOL

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    A Virginia school district was sued this week after it restored Confederate military names for two buildings, foreshadowing a broader battle that is heating up ahead of the election. The Virginia ...