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Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (Ea - Ez)
Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the :Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project. EAF ;Refer : East Africa Forces East Africa ;Refer : British East Africa East Africa & Uganda Protectorates ;Dates : 1903–1922 ;Capital : Nairobi ;Currency : (1903) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee : (1907) 100 cents = 1 rupee ;Refer : British East Africa East Africa Forces ;Dates : 1943–1948 ;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound ;Refer : British Occupation Issues East China (People's Post) ;Dates : 1949–1950 ;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar ;Refer : CPR Regional Issues East Germany (DDR) ;Dates : 1949–1990 ;Capital : East Berlin ;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 Ostmark ;Main Article : ;See also : Germany East Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Category's purpose and scope This is a philatelic sub-category intended to hold micro references of all known postage stamp issuers in terms of the issues they have implemented. Issuers can be central organisations, such as the Post Office in Great Britain, which are appointed and regulated by the national government. Issuers have also taken the form of occupation forces; revolutionary regimes; agencies representing foreign post offices; international organisations; postal agencies appointed by individual cities, states (in the federal sense), territories, provinces or colonies; and even groups of countries with common issues under a combined postal administration. Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information. Where possible, and where relevant, each micro entry includes the dates of issue; the capital city or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (Ga – Ge)
{{Orphan, date=December 2013 Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the :Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project. * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (A – Al) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Al – Aq) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ar – Az) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ba – Be) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be – Br) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br – Bz) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Brit – British) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ca – Ce) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ce – Ch) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ci – Co) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Co – Cz) * Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Da – Dz) * Compendium of postage stamp issuer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drachma
The drachma ( el, δραχμή , ; pl. ''drachmae'' or ''drachmas'') was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history: # An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period under Greek Imperial Coinage. # Three modern Greek currencies, the first introduced in 1832 by the Greek King Otto () and the last replaced by the euro in 2001 (at the rate of 340.75 drachmae to the euro). The euro did not begin circulating until 2001 but the exchange rate was fixed on 19 June 2000, with legal introduction of the euro taking place in January 2002. It was also a small unit of weight.. Ancient drachma The name ''drachma'' is derived from the verb (, "(I) grasp"). It is believed that the same word with the meaning of "handful" or "handle" is found in Linear B tablets of the Mycenean Pylos. Initially a drachma was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Lepton
The ''lepton'', plural ''lepta'' ( el, λεπτόν, ), is the name of various fractional units of currency used in the Greek-speaking world from antiquity until today. The word means "small" or "thin", and during Classical and Hellenistic times a ''lepton'' was always a small value coin, usually the smallest available denomination of another currency. The coin in the lesson of the widow's mite (, ) is referred to as a ''lepton'' and Luke's Gospel also refers to the lepton or mite when stating that a person who does not make peace with his adversary in good time will be required to pay 'to the very last mite' before being released from prison. In the Hasmonean Kingdom the lepton was first minted under Alexander Jannaeus prior to 76 BCE.''Coins of the Bible'' Set 2 of 3, Whitman Publishing, LLC, 2004. In modern Greece, ''lepton'' (modern form: ''lepto'', λεπτό) is the name of the denomination of all the official currencies of the Greek state: the phoenix (1827–1832), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (Ua – Uz)
Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the :Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project. UAE ;Refer : United Arab Emirates (UAE) UAR ;Refer : United Arab Republic (UAR) Ubangi-Shari ;Refer : Oubangui-Chari Ubangi-Shari-Chad ;Refer : Oubangui-Chari-Tchad Uganda ;Dates : 1962 – ;Capital : Kampala ;Currency : 100 cents = 1 shilling ;Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda ;See also : British East Africa; : Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues) Uganda Protectorate ;Dates : 1895 – 1902 ;Capital : Entebbe ;Currency : (1895) 1000 cowries = 2 rupees : (1896) 16 annas = 1 rupee ;Refer : British East Africa United Kingdom ;Refer : United Kingdom (UK) Ukraine ;Dates : 1992 – ;Capital : Kyiv ;Currency : (1992) kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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