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Metric and Related-
Standards Philately


Below is an index to checklists of postal items in various metric or related-standards categories. Each page features postal items such as stamps, souvenir sheets, postal stationery, postmarks, cancels, meters, and also cinderellas and cachets from covers when appropriate, as well as numismatic items (banknotes and coins). This is a work in progress, and completeness is the goal. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the author using the e-mail address at the bottom of this page. See also the author's Websites featuring Un-Manned Satellite Philately and Weather Philately.


Metric and related-standards categories
SI metric systemMetric system
(The International System of Units (SI))
standardsWorld Standards Day
(annually: 14 October)
(and ISO and related standards)
metric namesSI-metric system unit names
(the scientists behind the named metric units)
postcodePostcodes of the world
(Zip Code in the U.S.)
decimal conversionDecimal money conversion
(from non-decimal currency systems)
driving customsRight-hand/left-hand driving customs
(mostly the change from Left to Right)
standard timeStandard time and time zones
(and Gregorian Calendar)


Future metric or related-standards categories:

(The pages below will be available in the future.)


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This Website created and maintained by Don Hillger.
The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following to the information on this Website: David Stone (Newton), and Foil Miller (Tesla).
Updated: 2008-09-25