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June 8

Seaching by acronym/abbreviation.

Is there any website that supports searching of "things" by abbreviation - in the hope of identifying them as a group.

Eg "KAA TPD HAT ATCF" are all books by Jeffrey Archer (Kane and Abel, The Prodigal daughter, Honour Among Theives, etc"

Eg "PPM WTB AHDN RS R" are all Beatles albums (Please Please Me, With the beatles, etc)

Eg "JA TJ JQA ZT USG" are all POTUS (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc)

-- SGBailey (talk) 20:35, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, there isn't. If you're doing a quiz, post the abbreviations here and someone will solve them for you. --Viennese Waltz 21:34, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ok thx. -- SGBailey (talk) 22:21, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bolt action rifle marked Hemberg 1916 idenfication

I Have bolt action rifle that i have been told is a 6.5X 54 Mann-Schoen it is marked on left side of barrel/ reciver Hemberg 1916 the serial number is 9313 CC how can i be sure of the Proper idenfication of the rifle and caliber. Thank you for any help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikethemailman (talk • contribs) 22:44, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure it doesn’t say Hembrug? (in this case, it would probably in 6.5×53mmR, which is not quite the same as 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer). Rgds ✦ _hugarheimur 01:14, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't live in America. How can I buy US stamps online?

Can someone help me? 50.68.252.153 (talk) 23:42, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The US Postal Service sells stamps online:[1] -- I don't see why they wouldn't ship them outside US (but ironically, the postage might be prohibitively expensive). Or, you could print them online yourself, see: [2]. —2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 00:33, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A local philately website or club can probably help you.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:17, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Depends on whether the purpose is for postal delivery or stamp collecting. —2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 23:36, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The USPS website has a Collectors Zone, supplying stamps to collectors.They will be geared up to sending material to all parts of the world, unlike the main shop which is designed for commercial and personal users in the states. https://store.usps.com/store/results/collector-s-zone/_/N-1j49vgd Wymspen (talk) 15:03, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]