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  2. List of British postage stamps - Wikipedia

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    Low value definitives, 1873–80 (coloured corner letters) Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880–81. Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stamp. High value definitives, 2/6 to £1 1883–84. Lilac and Green low value definitives 1883. Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887–92.

  3. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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    A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport ( truck , ship , train , aircraft ), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the delivery destination.

  4. Light dues - Wikipedia

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    In most cases, the rate charged is based on the net tonnage of the vessel. In 2022/23 the UK rate will rise to 41 pence per ton. [2] A vessel pays light dues when it first calls at a port in the UK or Ireland; thereafter it is exempt from further payments for one month.

  5. Wound stripe - Wikipedia

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    The British Army began awarding a brass "Wound Stripe" in 1916, with approval by King George V. The badge was worn vertically on the left forearm and inset between the Good Conduct stripes, fastened through the uniform cloth. Additional badges were granted for subsequent wounds. The badge was reintroduced in 1944 for the Second World War (1939 ...

  6. PlayStation 5 - Wikipedia

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    The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.It was announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, was launched on November 12, 2020, in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea, and was released worldwide one week later.

  7. COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country - Wikipedia

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    This data is for entire populations, and does not reflect the differences in rates relative to different age groups. For example, in the United States as of 27 April 2021, the reported case fatality ratios were 0.015%, 0.15%, 2.3%, and 17% for the age groups 0–17, 18–49, 50–74, and 75 or over, respectively.

  8. Blue book - Wikipedia

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    Blue Book (CD standard), the name of one format from the Rainbow Book standards for compact discs, defining the Enhanced CD standard. A common name of the book Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation, and any virtual machine implementation based on Smalltalk. Blue Book protocol, the file transfer protocol of the Coloured Book protocols.

  9. Purple (technology company) - Wikipedia

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    purple .ai. Purple is a UK-based technology firm that specializes in intelligent spaces. [1] [2] [3] The company offers a three core products guest WiFi, business analytics and digital wayfinding. Purple introduced social media logins in the WiFi login process, where a customer has to like or follow or promote the social media page of the ...

  10. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Inflation concerns in the UK led the Bank of England to raise interest rates in late 2006 and 2007. This caused sterling to appreciate against other major currencies and, with the US dollar depreciating at the same time, sterling hit a 15-year high against the US dollar on 18 April 2007, with £1 reaching US$2 the day before, for the first time ...

  11. Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services - Wikipedia

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    The purple and grey elliptical rings trace the inner and outer walls of the basin. Dozens of different commercial, private and public missions to the Moon are planned for the coming decades, so the Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services (CLMSS) project intends to provide a sustainable communications and navigation infrastructure. [3]