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How can a single stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors.
How can a single stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors.
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2011-01-24
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How can a single stamp be worth $ 16 800?
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value. The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony (殖民地) of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer—Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps. Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius ’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally marked the words " Post Office" instead of " Post Paid" on the several hundred stamps that he printed.
Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left—fourteen One-Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two-Penny Blues. Because of the Two-Penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16800 for it.
In 1847 most countries of the world were______.
选项
A、not yet using postage stamps
B、collecting valuable stamps
C、buying stamps from Mauritius
D、printing their own stamps
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。文章第2段第4句讲到,1847年,毛里求斯要成为世界上第四个发行邮票的国家。由此可推断,当时世界上大多数国家还未使用邮票。
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