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Sovereign's Head on postage stamps

My local paper today say that Tony Benn, while Postmaster General in 1960, introduced the idea of putting the Sovereign's head on postage stamps. I am sure the King's or Queen's head was used on...
12:51 Fri 23rd Nov 20074 answers, last by heathfield 17:48 Sat 24th Nov 2007
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Imperial Measure

Where did the odd 12lbs come from in one hundred weight, the abbreviation "cwt" presumably come from the roman "c" for 100 followed by "wt" for weight? What about the ounce where the abbreviation is...
15:56 Fri 31st Aug 20072 answers, last by kempie 00:30 Sat 01st Sep 2007

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