Stamp Quiz #2 Answers

How many did you get right? Find out here with the answers to stamp quiz #2.

Stamp Quiz # 2 Answers

1. What was the highest value in Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation set of four?
   ANSWER: The 1s6d blue
    
2. Name the goddess who featured on the 6d stamp of the UPU 75th Anniversary Set issued in 1949. 
   ANSWER: The Goddess Concordia  
    
3. A four-wheeled vehicle is seen on the GB 1946 Victory Set. What is it?
   ANSWER: A tractor
    
4. What were the colours of the four stamps issued during the reign of King Edward VIII?
   ANSWER: Green, Red, Brown, Blue
    
5. Where is the value symbol positioned on the King George V UPU £1 stamp?
   ANSWER: Bottom right
    
6. In which year were postage stamps first issued in the Falkland Islands?
   ANSWER: 1878
    
7. In which year did New Zealand first issue airmail stamps?  
   ANSWER: 1931
    
8. Which bird featured first on a postage stamp of New South Wales; and in which year?
   ANSWER: Emu in 1888
    
9. In which currency were the first De La Rue stamps of Cyprus issued?
   ANSWER: Piastres
    
10. In which year were GB stamps first overprinted for the Provisional Government of Ireland?
    ANSWER: 1922

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