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How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printin
How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16 800? Any mistake in the printin
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2025-03-24
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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. [br] According to the passage, a postage stamp is worth $ 16 800 because______.
选项
A、it was the fourth stamp printed for practical use
B、it was particularly designed for a dancing ball
C、there are few others of its kind and a misprint on it
D、it was made in 1847
答案
C
解析
本题是一道具体细节题。问按照文章所说,一张邮票可以值16 800美元的原因是什么。根据文章第一段的内容,一张邮票怎么会值16 800美元呢?邮票印刷上的任何错误都会使其在集邮者手中增值。一枚价格低廉的邮票上的一处错误可使其原面值增加到150万倍。由此我们可以找出本题的正确答案应是C“很少有这种上面有印刷错误的邮票”。
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