Saturday, July 15, 2000
S T A M P   Q U I Z


Questions:

1. Identify the stamp.

2. When was it issued?

3. In what denomination was it issued?

4. On what occasion was it issued?

5. What does it feature?

6. What is the monetary unit of Belarus?

7. If a stamp bears the name Est African Allemand Occupation Belge. A.O., can you tell the name of the country which has issued it?

8. What is the meaning of provisional in philately.

 
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Answers

1. National Archives.

2. October 23, 1979.

3. 30 paise.

4. Inauguration of the International Archives Week.

5. A part of the text of the Mula Saravastivada School of Buddhism on a birch bark.

6. 1 Ruble of 100 Kopech.

7. Ruanda — Urundi in the African continent.

8. A temporary postage stamp, issued to meet postal demands until new or regular stocks of stamps can be obtained.

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