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Differentiate between warm blooded and cold blooded animals?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 5:18 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

The primary difference between warm-blooded animals and cold-blooded animals is that warm-blooded animals need about 3-10 times more food to survive than cold-blooded animals.

http://www.wisegeek.c om/what-is-the-difference-between-w arm-blooded-and-cold-blooded-animal s.htm

Answered at 5:22 PM on January 26, 2009

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What date did Australia convert to decimal currency?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 12:34 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

In 1963, Australia initiated the change to decimal currency. More than 1000 submissions were made about the name of the new currency unit. The Prime Minister of the day, Sir Robert Menzies, proposed the ‘royal’. The ‘dollar’ was eventually chosen as the name, and decimal currency was introduced on 14 February 1966.

http://www.dfat.gov.au/f acts/currency.html

Answered at 5:20 PM on January 26, 2009

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In 1958, New Zealand and Australia issued identical stamps portraying which famous aviator?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 12:36 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith who flew his first commercial flight from australia to new zealand.

Answered at 5:16 PM on January 26, 2009

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The New Zealand Parliament building was featured on a 1975 issue. What is the nickname given to this edifice?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 12:40 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

The Beehive.

The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. Credit for the design is usually given to Scottish architect Sir Basil Spence, who made a rough sketch in 1964 while dining with Sir Keith Holyoake.

http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Beehive_(building)

Answered at 4:59 PM on January 26, 2009

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What is the name of the quarterly publication issued by NZ Post, for the benefit of stamp collectors?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 12:44 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

Stamp Focus.

Collectables and Solutions Centre at at Private Bag 3001, Wanganui 4540, New Zealand, phone: (64) 06-349 1234.

http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz /Cultures/en-NZ/CustomerService/Rew ardRedemption/StampRewardsTermsandC onditions.htm

Answered at 4:55 PM on January 26, 2009

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Who came up with the word philately?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 4:10 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

The coining of the word "philately" in its French form has been thus far been historically attributed to Georges Herpin in the publication Le Collectionneur de timbres-postes, Vol. 1, November 15, 1864. It is formed from the Greek words philos, and ateleia ( meaning "exempt from duties and taxes") as postage stamp(s) indicate that no service charge is to be collected from the recipient as they constitute franking and thus confirm the pre-payment of postal fees by the sender or another. The alternative terms "timbrophily" and "timbrology" are far less commonly used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Philately

Answered at 4:45 PM on January 26, 2009

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Which former President was a member of the APS?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 4:18 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

Society membership reached over 4,000 in 1940, and included US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.

http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Philatelic_Society

Answered at 4:38 PM on January 26, 2009

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Candle light once determined the postage rate for a letter.?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 4:11 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

In 1693, letters were held in front of a candle to determine the postage rate. The less the light shone through, the more costly the rate. This was known as candling.

Answered at 4:39 PM on January 26, 2009

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What year were the first stamps issued in the United States?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 4:11 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

Officially sanctioned mail service began in 1692 when King William III granted a delivery "patent" to an English nobleman, which came with exclusive rights to set up and run a postal service. Routes were set up between New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Portsmouth by the following year. Riders made the runs individually, rather than by relay. A single sheet letter cost 9 pence between New York and Boston.

http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_hi story_of_the_United_States

Answered at 4:43 PM on January 26, 2009

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As of 1840, did stamps always have adhesive on the back of them?

Asked by premkumar v in Do It Yourself at 4:20 PM on January 26, 2009

Keshto Patel's Answer

YES.

The Penny Black, the world's first ADHESIVE postage stamp of a public postal system, was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May 1840, for use from 6 May of that year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Penny_Black

Answered at 4:35 PM on January 26, 2009

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