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How can a single postage stamp be worth $16 800? Any
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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 inexpensive 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 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
1、A postage stamp’s value to collectors is raised if ( ).
 A、there are few others like it
 B、 there are no errors on the stamps
 C、 a mistake is made in the printing
 D、 both A and C
参考答案:C
2、The mistake in the locally printed postage stamps was in the ( ).
 A、price
 B、wording
 C、color
 D、spelling of postage
参考答案:B
3、$16 800 is the collector’s value of ( ).
 A、the One Penny Orange – Red
 B、 a correctly printed 1847 stamp
 C、 the Twopenny Blue
 D、 both A and C
参考答案:C
4、Which one is implied but not stated?
 A、All correctly printed stamps are worthless.
 B、Mauritians 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.
参考答案:D
5、The best title for this section is ( )
 A、The “Post Paid” Error
 B、The Twopenny Blue
 C、A London Printer’s Error
 D、How Mauritius Became Famous
参考答案:B

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