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Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (La – Lz)
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. La Agüera Lagouira ''aka'' La Gouera is a city on the Atlantic coast of Africa at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It was called La Agüera when it came into existence in 1920 as a short-lived Spanish colonial possession. It was originally a Spanish air base. The stamps were other Spanish types overprinted with "La Agüera". ;Dates : 1920–1924 ;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta ;Refer : Spanish West Africa Labuan ;Dates : 1879–1906 ;Capital : ;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar ;Refer : Straits Settlements La Canea ;Refer : Khania (Italian Post Office) Lagos ;Dates : 1874–1906 ;Currency : 12 pen ... [...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 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centavo
The centavo (Spanish and Portuguese 'one hundredth') is a fractional monetary unit that represents one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world. The term comes from Latin ''centum'', ('one hundred'), with the added suffix ''-avo'' ('portion'). Circulating Places that currently use the centavo include: *Argentine peso *Bolivian boliviano *Brazilian real * Cape Verdean escudo * Colombian peso *Cuban peso * Dominican peso *East Timor centavo coins *Ecuadorian centavo coins *Guatemalan quetzal *Honduran lempira * Mexican peso *Mozambican metical * Nicaraguan córdoba *Philippine peso (''In English usage; ''séntimo'' or céntimo is used in Tagalog and Spanish respectively.'') File:50 Centavos (Philippines).jpg, 50 Philippine centavos (1964) of the ''English series''. File:10 Philippine centavos (2).jpg, 10 Philippine centavos (1945), from the Commonwealth period. File:1-centavo-real-2003.png, 1 Brazilian centavo (2003), no longer produced. File:2002phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (A – Al)
{{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 issuers ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centime
Centime (from la, centesimus) is French for " cent", and is used in English as the name of the fraction currency in several Francophone countries (including Switzerland, Algeria, Belgium, Morocco and France). In France, the usage of ''centime'' goes back to the introduction of the decimal monetary system under Napoleon. This system aimed at replacing non-decimal fractions of older coins. A five-centime coin was known as a ''sou'', i.e. a solidus or shilling. In Francophone Canada of a Canadian dollar is officially known as a ''cent'' (pronounced /sɛnt/) in both English and French. However, in practice, the form of ''cenne'' (pronounced /sɛn/) has completely replaced the official ''cent''. Spoken and written use of the official form ''cent'' in Francophone Canada is exceptionally uncommon. In the Canadian French vernacular ''sou'', ''sou noir'' (' means "black" in French), ''cenne'', and ''cenne noire'' are all widely known, used, and accepted monikers when referring to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latakia
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Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (Ia – In)
{{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 issuers (Ea – Ez) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupee
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien), and Tibet. In Indonesia and the Maldives, the unit of currency is known as ''rupiah'' and ''rufiyaa'' respectively, cognates of the word rupee. The Indian rupees () and Pakistani rupees () are subdivided into one hundred paise (singular ''paisa'') or pice. The Nepalese rupee (रू) subdivides into one hundred paisa (singular and plural) or four sukaas. The Mauritian, Seychellois, and Sri Lankan rupees subdivide into 100 cents. Etymology The Hindustani word ''rupyā'' is derived from the Sanskrit word ''rūpya'' (), which means "wrought silver, a coin of silver", in origin an adjective meaning "shapely", with a more specific meaning of "stamped, impressed", whence "coin". It is derived f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna (coin)
An anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to of a rupee. It was subdivided into four (old) Paisa or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. The anna was demonetised as a currency unit when India decimalised its currency in 1957, followed by Pakistan in 1961. It was replaced by the 5-paise coin, which was itself discontinued in 1994 and demonetised in 2011. The term anna is frequently used to express a fraction of . ''Anna'' is derived from the Sanskrit , meaning "food". There was a coin of one anna, and also half-anna coins of copper and two-anna pieces of silver. With the rupee having been valued to 1s 6d and weighing 180 grains as a 916.66 fine silver coin, the anna was equivalent to 9/8 d. Hence the 2 anna silver coins were of low weight (22.5 grains = 1.46 g). Anna-denominated postage stamps were issued duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paise
Paisa (also transliterated as ''pice'', ''pesa'', ''poysha'', ''poisha'' and ''baisa'') is a monetary unit in several countries. The word is also a generalised idiom for money and wealth. In India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the ''Paisa'' currently equals of a Rupee. In Bangladesh, the ''Poysha'' equals of a Bangladeshi Taka. In Oman, the ''Baisa'' equals of an Omani Rial. Etymology The word ''paisa'' is from the Sanskrit term ''padāṁśa'' (, basic unit), meaning 'quarter part base', from ''pada'' () "foot or quarter or base" and ''aṁśa'' () "part or unit". The pesa was also in use in colonial Kenya. The colloquial term for money in Burmese, ''paiksan'' (), is derived from the Hindi term ''paisa'' (). History Chaulukya coins were often called "Gadhaiya Paise" (9th-10th century CE). Until the 1950s in India and Pakistan (and before 1947 in British India), the paisa was equivalent to 3 pies, of an anna, or of a rupee. After the transition from a non-decimal currency to a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bela, Pakistan
Bela ( bal, ) is an important city of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is an ancient city in a historic track surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea, nearly northwest of Karachi and south of Quetta. During the autumn of 325 BC, the settlement was part of the Asian campaign of Alexander the Great under the name Rhambacia ( el, Ῥαμβακία). After Alexander conquered the town, he commended the place and thought that if he built a city there it would become great and prosperous and he left Hephaestion behind to built it. In 711 AD, it was part of Muhammad bin Qasim's campaign under the name Armabil. Name Alexander's historians mention the river name as Arabius, and local people as Oreitans. The Arab sources call it Armabil or Armanil. The ''Chachnama'', in addition, uses the names Armael, Armana-Bil, Armapilla. It is described as the second port city of Sind, after Debal. Demographics Bela's population consists of Baloch and Sindhis. The popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piastre
The piastre or piaster () is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate". The name was applied to Spanish and Hispanic American pieces of eight, or pesos, by Venice, Venetian traders in the Levant in the 16th century. These pesos, minted continually for centuries, were readily accepted by traders in many parts of the world. After the countries of Latin America had gained independence, pesos of Mexico began flowing in through the trade routes, and became prolific in the Far East, taking the place of the Spanish pieces of eight which had been introduced by the Spanish at Manila, and by the Portuguese people, Portuguese at Malacca. When the French French Indochina, colonised Indochina, they began issuing the new French Indochinese piastre (''piastre de commerce''), which was equal in value to the familiar Spanish and Mexican pesos. In the Ottoman Empire, the word piastre was a colloquial European name of Kuruş. Successive curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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