Postage Stamp Collecting

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1. What is the term that describes the collection and study of postage stamps, covers, and related post material? Answer: (One Word, spelling counts)

2. What is the distinction of the world famous 'Penny Black'? the world's most valuable postage stamp the world's smallest postage stamp the world's rarest postage stamp the world's first postage stamp

3. Which of these sold for just under $1 million in 1980, making it the world's most valuable postage stamp at the time? Blackjack Issue Penny Black British Guiana 1 cent stamp Inverted Jenny

4. What term is used to describe postage stamps in unused, original condition, just as it came from the Post Office? Mint Imperforate Se-tenant Complete

5. Who invented the aforementioned 'Penny Black'? Sir Wallace Cornwall Sir Rowland Hill Theodore Flannigan Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr.

6. What term is used to refer to a stamp showing a production which is not constant? Coil Mutant Die Freak

7. Approximately how many stamp collectors are there in the United States? 35 million 22 million 850,000 650,000

8. Who was the first person in the world, other than a head of state, to be pictured on a stamp? Benjamin Disraeli Sir Wallace Cornwall Herbert Hoover Benjamin Franklin

9. What foreign country was first to issue Disney stamps? St. Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Andorra Monaco

10. What country issued the world's longest pictorial set? Turkey USA Italy Poland