GB Stamp Quiz 1840-1934 (2)

So you think you know your GB stamps,
then answer these

1 What is the only stamp to have one of these four bottom-right corner letters U, V, W, X
2 The Five Pound Orange originated from what stamp?
3 Who designed the embossed issues?
4 The monarchs head usually faces full left, which is the first stamp in which the monarchs head is three-quarters left
5 What is the first stamp to be used for postage and revenue?
6 What is the most issued stamp up until 1901?
7 In what year are perforated stamps officially issued?
8 What are the main changes resulting from Rowland Hill's Post Office Reform
9 How many 1870 ½d stamps are there to a sheet?
10 Why was the colour of the Penny Black changed to red-brown in 1841?
11 The Penny Black has the queens head engraved on it. Why was this design chosen?
12 Perf 14 means that there are 14 perforations every 2 centimeters, why do we used metric units?
13 When was the plate number first engraved on the stamp?
14 On plate 1 of the 1870 1½d stamp there is an error, the corner letters are OP-PC instead of CP-PC. Why would OP-PO be impossible?
15 Why was the 1870 ½d stamp issued?
16 Why are there wing-margins on some of the surface-printed stamps?
17 In 1873 the corner letters of the surface printed stamps were changed from large uncoloured letters to large coloured letters. Why?
18 Which is the first stamp to be issued in two colours?
19 Which is the first stamp to be issued on colour paper?
20 After the Penny Black what is the next stamp to be issued in Black?
21 What is the last British stamp to have corner letters?
22 Why was the 1870 1½d stamp issued?
23 Why are some unused stamps overprinted SPECIMEN?
24 What was the last Victorian stamp to be issued?
25 Why are some early line-engraved stamps blued?
26 Which stamps have paper with two silk threads?
27 How many 1d stamps were printed during the reign of Queen Victoria? 56.6 bn, or 20.7 bn, or. 34bn?
28 What was the original name for a stamp?
29 Five stamps in the Jubilee issue were issued after 1 Jan 1887, which ones?
30 When did the parcel post start? 1865 or 1883 or 1895?

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