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In 1964, Britain made much ado about the first person other than royalty to appear on a British stamp.
Who was William Shakespeare?
100
This company was founded in 1858 as a consortium of seven printing first and among other things, printed most early U.S. stamps.
What is the American Bank Note Company?
100
The Himalayan kingdom that produced several "3-D" stamps between 1967 and 1973.
What is Bhutan?
100
The country that issued the first scratch-and-sniff postage stamps in 2001, scented like chocolate.
What is Switzerland?
100
This member of the Beatles was a childhood stamp collector; his album is now held by the Smithsonian.
Who was John Lennon?
200
In 1940, this educator and author became the first African American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
200
The longest definitive stamp series, The American Presidential Series, with 32 denominations, began in this year?
What is 1938?
200
The 1898 One Dollar stamp showing Western Cattle in Storm is actually a painting of cattle from this country.
What is Scotland? (Scottish Highland Cattle)
200
The first Christmas stamp was issued, inadvertently, by this country in 1898.
What is Canada?
200
This 1962 Elvis Presley hit song is about what happens to a letter.
What is "Return to Sender"?
300
Two of the Four people most portrayed on stamps worldwide include these figures.
Who are Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, Mahatma Gandhi, and Sun Yat-sen?
300
The highest face value ever for a U.S. postage stamp, which was a newspaper stamp.
What is one hundred dollars?
300
This country issued phonograph record stamps in 1973.
What is Bhutan?
300
This 2011 U.S. Stamp accidentally featured the Las Vegas replica of this famous statue instead of the original in New York.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
300
This highly controversial U.S. stamp was the first U.S. stamp to show an egg...and resulted in the creation of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee.
What is the 1948 Poultry Industry Centennial (Scott 968)?
400
This well-known stamp collector influenced the designs of the 3 cent Byrd Antarctic stamp, the 1934 Mothers stamp, and the 6 cent airmail eagle.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
The $200 and $500 U.S. documentary revenue stamps were nicknamed for their ornate designs; there was a $5,000 version of which only 27 trial proofs were made.
What are the "Persian Rug" stamps?
400
Printed in black, crimson and blue, this became the world's first multicolored (tricolored) stamp, and the first embossed stamp, and one of the most beautiful ever produced.
What is the Basel Dove?
400
In 1946, this country’s stamps were the most worthless in history due to hyperinflation, worth the equivalent of one‑150 trillionth of a cent.
What is Hungary?
400
This 1963 Stanley Donen film starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn featured rare stamps as a key plot point.
What is "Charade"?
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500
The first two living people to be portrayed by U.S. postage stamps (in 1967 and 1969) shared this occupation.
What is an astronaut? (Space Walk stamp and moon landing stamp)
500
This U.S. stamp series, issued from 1908 to 1922, is known for many printing varieties and the famous "orangeburg coil".
What is the Washington-Franklin series?
500
This 1930 U.S. stamp, issued for a round-the-world flight, had the highest face value of any U.S. postage stamp at the time: $2.60.
What is the Graf Zeppelin?
500
Among the nations that have released stamps with this scent are Brazil, Colombia, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Poland, Portugal, and India.
What is coffee?
500
This rare stamp was the plot point in a 1962 episode of the British television series The Avengers, as well as in several mystery stories.
What is the Mauritius Blue?
