Saturday, April 22, 2000
S T A M P   Q U I Z


1. Identify the stamp?

2. When was it issued?

3. In what denomination was it issued?

4. For what occasion was the stamp issued?

5. Who was he?

6. What does the term duplex cancel mean in philately?

7. If a stamp bears the name Cote d Ivoire, can you tell the name of the country which has issued it?

8. What is the monetary unit of Azerbaijan?

Answers:

  1. Mirza Ghalib.

2. February 17, 1969.

3. 20 paise.

4. His birth anniversary.

5. A great Urdu poet of excellence.

6. A two part postal marking comprised a canceller and a post mark. The canceller annuls the stamp so that it cannot be re-used.

7. Ivory Coast.

8. One manat of 100 gopik.

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