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 2、The mistake in the locally printed postage stamps was in the (). A、price B、wording C、color D、spelling of postage 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 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. 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

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