Saturday, May 25, 2002
S T A M P   Q U I Z


1. Identify the stamp.

2. When was it issued?

3. In what denomination has it been issued?

4. It was issued to mark which occasion?

5. How many members scaled the peak?

6. When was the peak conquered the first time?

7. Who were they?

8. Where has the stamp been printed?

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Answers

1. Indian Army Everest Expedition — 2001.

2. 15.1.2002.

3. 400 paise

4. The Indian Army successfully scaled the peak in May 2001.

5. 8 members and 7 sherpas.

6. In 1953.

7. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.

8. The Eagle Press Pvt. Ltd.

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