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How can a single postage stamp be worth $16,8007 Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp colle
How can a single postage stamp be worth $16,8007 Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp colle
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2009-08-15
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How can a single postage stamp be worth $16,8007
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 haft times its original value.
The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony 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 inscribed 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. Be cause of the Two penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16,800 for it.
选项
A、there are few others like it
B、there are no errors on the stamp
C、a mistake is made in the printing
D、both A and C
答案
D
解析
根据全文分析,影响邮票收藏价值的有几个因素:第一,它是否印制有错误(第一段);第二,它的数量多少(最后一句,rareness)。第三,它的历史长短。(最后一句,age),所以A、C都是其中之一,所以选D。
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