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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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2010-01-08
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问题
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 in- expensive 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 two 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 $ 16,800 for it.
Mauritius is the name of ______.
选项
A、an island kingdom
B、a British colony
C、a province of India
D、a London printer
答案
B
解析
此题考查细节定位。问题是:Mauritius是个什么名字/名称。注意Mauritius-词,略读短文,寻找该词。文中第二段第三句明确指出the British colony of Mauritius,(毛里求斯,一个英国殖民地),故选择B为答案。
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