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Howcanasmallstampbeworth$16,800?Anymistakemadeintheprintingofastampraisesitsvaluetostampcollectors.Amistakeonatwo-pennystamphasmadeitworthamillionandahalftimesitsfacevalue.Doyouthinkitimpossible?W
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Howcanasmallstampbeworth$16,800?
Anymistakemadeintheprintingofastampraisesitsvaluetostampcollectors.Amistakeonatwo-pennystamphasmadeitworthamillionandahalftimesitsfacevalue.
Doyouthinkitimpossible?Well,itistrue.Andthisishowithappened.
ThemistakewasmademorethanahundredyearsagointheformerBritishcolony(前英国殖民地)ofMauritius(毛里求斯岛),asmallislandintheIndianOcean.In1847anorderforstampswassenttoLondon.Mauritiuswasabouttobecomethefourthcountryintheworldtoputoutstamps.
BeforetheorderwasfilledandthestampsarrivedfromEngland,abigdancewasplannedbythecommander-in-chief(总司令)ofallthearmedforcesontheisland.ThedancewouldbeheldinhishouseandlettersofinvitationwouldbesenttoalltheimportantpeopleinMauritius.Stampswerebadlyneededtoposttheletters.Therefore,anislander,whowasagoodprinter,wastoldtocopythepatternofthestamps.Hecarelesslyputthewords“PostOffice”insteadof“PostPaid”,twowordsseenonstampsatthattime,ontheseveralhundredthatheprinted.
Today,thereareonlytwenty-sixofthesemisprintedstampsleft---fourteenOne-pennyRedsandtwelveTwo-pennyBlues.BecausetherearesofewTwo-PennyBluesandbecauseoftheirage,collectorshavepaidasmuchas$16,800foroneofthem.
小题1:Whenamistakeismadeintheprintingofthestamp,thestamp___________.

A.willbethrownaway
B.increasesinvalue
C.isnotworthbuying
D.isworthnomorethanitsfacevalue
小题2:WhydidMauritiusprintsomestampstoo?Because__________.A.LondonstampswerenotwellprintedB.LondonwouldnotprintthemC.invitationstoabigdancehadtobepostedquicklyD.Mauritiushadaverygoodprinter小题3:“PostPaid”means___________.A.thesameas“PostOffice”B.thePostOfficeistheplacetobuystampsC.moneyhasbeenpaidforthestampD.thelettermustbeposted

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  小题1:B小题2:C小题3:C   
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