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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 Singapore abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    5 C's - 5 C's of Singapore: Cash, Car, Credit card, Condominium, Country club; 6 C's - 6 C's of Singapore: Career, Cash, Car, Credit card, Condominium, Country club; A. A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research; AA - Asian Aerospace; ACS (J) - Anglo-Chinese Junior School; ACM - Asian Civilisations Museum; ACPS - Anglo-Chinese Primary ...

  4. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    The ship fee, including the ship rate on letters for delivery at the port of entry, were on a per letter basis, rather than weight. The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device. United States Postal ...

  5. Singapore Post - Wikipedia

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    As a licensee, Singapore Post is allowed to operate postal services - receiving, collecting and delivering letters and postcards from one place to another until 31 March 2037. [8] SingPost was fined S$100,000 in 2017 [9] and S$300,000 in 2018 [10] for failing to meet mail delivery standards by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of the Straits Settlements

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    In 1910 new stamps appeared with values of $25 and $500 (although available for postage, their more usual use was fiscal). George V replaced Edward VII on stamps beginning in 1912, reusing the frames and replacing only the vignettes. These stamps were overprinted in 1922 to mark the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition. The Straits Settlements also joined ...

  7. Postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    3. Denomination. 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail —an envelope or other ...

  8. 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.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island

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    The postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, was linked to its original economic situation until 1993. Mainly ruled by a phosphate production commission, the island was part of the British Straits Settlements colony from 1901 to 1942, then of Singapore from 1946 to 1958. Although it was placed under Australian ...