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Permit
Procedure used by businesses or post offices that imprints mailer's assigned permit number and an indication of the prepaid postage on each piece of mail. This eliminates the need to affix and cancel stamps on large mailings. The machine counts the postage used and is read periodically for accounting.
Today in Philatelic History - 15th May
May 15, 2004
Siddhar Swamigal (1904-1964)
May 15, 2003
Golden Voices of Yesteryears
May 15, 1998
Muhammed Abdurahiman Shahib (1898-1945)
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Southern Railway Class WP/1 Steam Locomotive, 1963
May 15, 1976
Type WDM Diesel Locomotive, 1963
May 15, 1973
INDIAN MOUNTAINEERING
May 15, 1968
Coffee Berries
May 15, 1966
Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi 1864-1938
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