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All about stamps - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 85 times
- The average score is 9 of 18
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which country invented the postage stamp? | United Kingdom | 88%
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| Which country's stamps are inscribed 'Nippon'? | Japan | 87%
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| And whose potrait appeared on that stamp? | Queen Victoria | 81%
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| Which country's stamps are inscribed 'Helvetia'? | Switzerland | 81%
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| What is the technical term for stamp collecting? | Philately | 72%
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| What was the first postage stamp commonly known as? | Penny Black | 67%
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| In what year did the first postage stamp appear? | 1840 | 66%
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| What are the holes at the edge of stamps called? | Perforations | 63%
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| An envelope bearing stamps on the day they are issued is known as a..? | First Day Cover | 54%
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| Which country's stamps are inscribed 'Lietuva'? | Lithuania | 54%
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| Which country issued the first Christmas stamp? | Canada | 48%
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| Who invented the postage stamp? | Rowland Hill | 36%
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| What is the name of the UN agency that co-ordinates the worldwide postal system? | Universal Postal Union | 28%
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| Which country issued the 1c Magenta, considered to be the world's rarest stamp? | British Guiana | 24%
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| Which British colony famously issued the 'Post Office' stamps of 1847? | Mauritius | 21%
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| In 1973 which country issued stamps that could be played on a record player? | Bhutan | 19%
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| Which was the second country to issue postage stamps, in 1843? | Brazil | 16%
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| Which country first issued triangular stamps? | Cape of Good Hope | 15%
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