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How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16,800? Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp coll
How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16,800? Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp coll
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2012-11-20
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How can a single postage 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 of Mauritius, a small is land in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer, and Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.
Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball (舞会) was planned at Mauritius’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the de sign for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid" on the sever al 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 (罕见) and age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16,800 for it.
The mistake in the locally printed postage stamps was in the ______.
选项
A、spelling of postage
B、price
C、wording
D、color
答案
C
解析
此题为细节、理解题。文中的第4段明确地阐述了事情发生的经过,邮票的问题在于是用词错误,并非是拼写错误,故C为正确答案。
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