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  2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    G Stamp Used (also 3 cent G makeup rate stamp) January 10, 1999.33.33.22.20 H Stamp Used (also 1 cent H makeup rate stamp) January 7, 2001.34.34.21.20 Nondenominated Stamps Used July 1, 2001.34.34.23.21 Nondenominated Stamps Used June 30, 2002.37.37.23.23 Flag and Antique Toy Stamps Used January 8, 2006.39.39.24.24 Lady Liberty Flag Stamp Used

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    The 5-cent stamp paid for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles, the 10-cent stamp for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles, or, twice the weight deliverable for the 5-cent stamp. Each stamp was hand engraved in what is believed to be steel, and laid out in sheets of 200 stamps.

  4. Stamp duty - Wikipedia

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    Stamp duty was formerly a graduated progressive tax with the more expensive the house bought the greater the stamp duty rate. The top rate slowly increased from 0.5% in 1882 to 3% in 1947, 5% in 1973, 6% in 1975, reaching its peak at 9% in 1997. [ 7 ]

  5. Revenue stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 1862 the first revenue stamps were issued, and would continue to be used for another hundred years and more. For the first twelve years George Washington was the only subject featured on U.S. revenue stamps, when in 1875 an allegorical figure of Liberty finally appeared. Revenue stamps were printed in many varieties and ...

  6. Million years ago - Wikipedia

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    Million years ago, abbreviated as Mya, Myr (megayear) or Ma (megaannum), is a unit of time equal to 1,000,000 years (i.e. 1 ...

  7. Zanclean flood - Wikipedia

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    The Zanclean flood or Zanclean deluge is theorized to have refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago. [1] This flooding ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, although it is possible that even before the flood there were partial connections to the Atlantic Ocean. [2]

  8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/February 2006 ...

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    The easiest way to learn a song by ear is to pick out the bass line, learn the key of the song from the notes in the bass line, then build chords using your knowledge of the key and the bass note as the root. For instance: I know that this bass line contains one flat, Bb, so the key is F. There is a chord here in the song and the bass note is G.

  9. Stamp duty in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    An 1875 £3 chancery revenue stamp of the United Kingdom. Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France". [3]