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In 1847 most countries of the world were
In 1847 most countries of the world were
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2013-10-11
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In 1847 most countries of the world were
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one cheap 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 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 wrote by chance the words "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid" on the several hundred stamps that he printed.
Today there are only 26 of these wrongly printed stamps left I 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.
选项
A、all correctly printed stamps are worthless.
B、Mauritius needed the stamps to send out invitations to a ball.
C、the printer was punished for his mistake.
D、collectors are constantly looking for stamps with mistakes.
答案
D
解析
A 、C 、D 均与邮票印刷的正确与否有关,而B 却与此没有多大联系,故可首先排除。再由原文开头提到的Any mistake...raises its value to stamp collectors可知答案为D 。
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