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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Stampless letters, paid for by the receiver, and private postal systems, were gradually phased out after the introduction of adhesive postage stamps, first issued by the U.S. government post office July 1, 1847, in the denominations of five and ten cents, with the use of stamps made mandatory in 1855.

  3. Pieter Brueghel the Younger - Wikipedia

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    Pieter Brueghel the Younger by Anthony van Dyck. Pieter Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) [a] the Younger (/ ˈ b r ɔɪ ɡ əl / BROY-gəl, [2] [3] also US: / ˈ b r uː ɡ əl / BROO-gəl; [4] [5] Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl] ⓘ; between 23 May and 10 October 1564 – 1637/38) was a Flemish painter known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's work, as well as ...

  4. District magistrate - Wikipedia

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    The office of a collector during the British Raj held multiple responsibilities – as collector, he was the head of the revenue organization, charged with registration, alteration, and partition of holdings; the settlement of disputes; the management of indebted estates; loans to agriculturists, and famine relief.

  5. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas - Wikipedia

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    In 1900, the First Philippine Commission passed Act No. 52, [3] which placed all banks under the Bureau of the Treasury and authorizing the Insular Treasurer to supervise and examine banks and all banking activity. In 1929, the Department of Finance, through the Bureau of Banking, took over bank supervision. BSP Complex in Manila.

  6. Coat of arms of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of a version of the historical coat of arms of the City of Manila, created by royal decree. The Philippines' codified heraldry when King Philip II of Spain authorized the first coat of arms to the City of Manila through a royal decree issued on 20 March 1596 is, in part, as follows: "... By these presents I assign, as the special ...

  7. History of Microsoft Office - Wikipedia

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    Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, Office Manager Office Manager included. Last version for Windows NT 3.5. August 24, 1995 Office 95 (7.0) Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Schedule+, Binder, Access, Bookshelf The first Office version to have the same version number (7.0, inherited from Word 6.0) for all major component products (Word, Excel and so on).

  8. Isko Moreno - Wikipedia

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    Francisco "Isko" Moreno Domagoso (born October 24, 1974), also known as Isko Moreno Domagoso (Tagalog pronunciation: [isˈkɔʔ mɔˈɾɛ.nɔ dɔ.maˈɡɔ.sɔ]) or simply Isko Moreno, is a Filipino politician, actor, host and entrepreneur who served as the 23rd Mayor of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, from 2019 to 2022.

  9. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority - Wikipedia

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    The former MMDA headquarters along EDSA and Orense Street in Makati. On November 7, 1975, President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 824 creating Metro Manila and its managing public corporation, the Metropolitan Manila Commission (MMC) after the residents of the affected cities and municipalities approved the creation of Metro Manila in a referendum held on February 27, 1975.