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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