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How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A
How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A
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How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has 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 accidentally wrote 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. Because of the Two-penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16 800 for it.
The passage tells us that the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value is
选项
A、the Twelve-penny Blue stamp
B、the Fourteen-penny Orange-Red stamp
C、the Two-penny Blue stamp
D、the One-penny Orange-Red stamp
答案
C
解析
本题问文章告诉我们其原面值增加到150万倍的邮票是哪种。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章的最后一段的最后一句话中找到相关信息。这句话指出,由于两便士蓝色邮票稀少并且年代久远,集邮者购买一枚价钱已高达16 800美元。此句所表达的内容刚好与文章的第一段内容相对应,都与16 800美元和150万倍有关。因此,本题的正确答案应是C“那种两便士的蓝色邮票”。
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