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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    For the 2¢ value, which satisfied the normal letter rate, the most familiar Gilbert Stuart image of Washington had been chosen. After postal rates rose that July, this 2¢ red Washington was redesigned as a 3¢ stamp and issued in the purple color that now became ubiquitous among U.S. commemoratives. [citation needed] The New Deal Era

  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. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. Trade credit insurance - Wikipedia

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    Trade credit insurance, business credit insurance, export credit insurance, or credit insurance is a type of insurance policy and a risk management product offered by private insurance companies and governmental export credit agencies to business entities wishing to protect their accounts receivable from loss due to credit risks such as protracted default, insolvency or bankruptcy.

  7. 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.

  8. Value-added tax in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    There are currently three rates of VAT: standard (20%), reduced (5%) and zero (0%). In addition some goods and services are exempt from VAT or outside the VAT system. The following are the rates applicable to some common goods and services: Standard rated

  9. Banknotes of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    UK Extended the Bank Notes Act 1833 to make Bank of England notes under £5 in value legal tender; the Act also applied to Scotland, making English 10/– and £1 legal tender for the first time. Bank of England withdrew low-denomination notes in 1969 and 1988, removing legal tender from Scotland. 2008 Banking Act 2009: UK

  10. Shipping Forecast - Wikipedia

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    Robert FitzRoy. Original release. 24 August 1867 (by telegraph) The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast dates back over 150 years.

  11. New Labour, New Life for Britain - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. New Labour, New Life for Britain was a political manifesto published in 1996 by the British Labour Party. The party had recently rebranded itself as New Labour under the leadership of Tony Blair. The manifesto set out the party's new "Third Way" centrist approach to policy, with subsequent success at the 1997 general election.