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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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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.
The mistake on the locally printed stamps was in the ______.
选项
A、spelling
B、wording
C、price
D、colour
答案
B
解析
此题考查细节定位。问题是:当地印制的邮票错误出在哪方面。四个选项词意思为:A.spelling(拼写);B.wording(行文);C.price(价格);D.colour (颜色)。短文从第二段开始都在讲述有关“mistake”的问题,仔细阅读后发现,该段最后一句阐明了问题的性质He accidentally marked two words“Post office”instead of“Post Paid”on the several hundred stamps that he printed (他在所印制的几千张邮票上,无意中错把“邮资已付”字样印成了“邮局”),故选B为答案。
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