How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16,800?
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.
The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847, an order for stamps was sent to a London printer--Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.
(32) Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius' Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid" on the several hundred stamps that he printed.
Today there are only 26 of these misprinted stamps left-fourteen One-Penny OrangeReds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because of the Two-penny Blues' rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16,800 for it.
A postage stamp's value to collectors is raised if______.
A.there are few others like it
B.there are errors on the stamp
C.a mistake is made in the printing
D.both A and C
第1题
A.由发射国甲国与乙国共同承担责任,丙国不需要承担责任
B.由对卫星进行备案登记的国家承担责任
C.由甲国与乙国依照各自的过错程度分别承担责任
D.由发射国甲乙丙共同承担赔偿责任
第2题
甲国在乙国领土内发射×卫星,×卫星在发射后偏离轨道,撞到丙国的民用航空器,丙国应向()请求赔偿,丙国是否需证明损失是行为者故意造成?()
A.甲国是
B.乙国是
C.甲乙二国否
D.乙国否
第3题
A.甲国单独赔偿
B. 乙国单独赔偿
C. 甲乙两国连带赔偿
D. 甲乙两国均不赔偿
第4题
A.发射“动力1号”卫星的甲国
B.促使发射“动力2号”卫星的乙国
C.甲国“动力3号”卫星在丙国发射
D.“动力4号”卫星使用丁国发射设备发射
第5题
A.甲国或乙国都不承担赔偿责任
B.甲国和乙国承担共同赔偿责任
C.甲国应承担赔偿责任
D.乙国应承担赔偿责任
第6题
A.发射“动力1号”卫星的甲国
B.促使发射“动力2号”卫星的乙国
C.甲国“动力3号”卫星在丙国发射
D.“动力4号”卫星使用丁国发射设备发射
第7题
A.对于甲乙两国卫星之间的相撞,适用过失责任原则,由甲国承担责任
B.对于甲乙两国卫星之间的相撞,应属人类探索外空中的正常风险事件,互不承担责任
C.由于卫星被撞是甲国卫星失控所致,丙国应向甲国索赔
D.由于卫星是被乙国卫星碎片所撞击,丙国应向乙国索赔
第8题
乙国与甲国航天企业达成协议,由甲国发射乙国研制的“星球一号”卫星。因发射失败卫星碎片降落到甲国境内,造成人员和财物损失。甲乙两国均为《空间物体造成损害的国际责任公约》缔约国。下列选项正确的是:( )
A如“星球一号”发射成功,发射国为技术保密可不向联合国办理登记
B因“星球一号”由甲国的非政府实体发射,甲国不承担国际责任
C “星球一号”对甲国国民的损害不适用《责任公约》
D甲国和乙国对“星球一号”碎片造成的飞机损失承担绝对责任
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