Saturday, February 17, 2001
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. It was issued to mark which occasion?

5. If a stamp bears the name Alexandrie, can you tell the name of the country which has issued it?

6. What is the monetary unit of Cook Island?

7. What does the term ‘surcharge’ mean in philately?

8. What does the term ‘dead country’ mean in philately?

 
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Answers

1. India Tea.

2. 11.12.1983.

3. 600 paise.

4. 1993 as the year of India Tea.

5. French Post Office in Egypt.

6. 1 of 100 cents.

7. An overprint that changes or restates the denomination of a stamp.

8. A former stamp-issuing entity that has ceased to issue its own stamps.

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