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Itamp collecting, or philately, has been a
lions of people for about 100 years. Stamp collecting can
be a very educational hobby. Every picture on
selected for some particular reason. Each can give you some
information about the country from which it came.
ally they are connected with some events. For example, in cer-
The most valuable stamps, of course, are the rare ones. Usu-
tain United States post offices in 1847 there was a
five-cent stamps. The postmasters just cut ten-cent stamps in
hall, each part paying five cents postage. Today these halves
make the stamp even more valuable. In 1918, the first Unit-
Mistakes occur in printing stamps, and such mistakes
cents. In a certain post office the clerk sold them at the reg-
ed States airmail stamps went on sale. Each of them cost 24
ular price. What he did not notice was that on some of them
the airplane was printed upside down. Later, each of those
2. ...
It can give you information about the country from which it came.
Because in 1847 there was a shortage of five-cent stamps
cost several hundred dollars each.
stamps cost $2,000!
1. ... ? - It is also called philately.
? For about 100 years.
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? The rare ones.
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in certain US post offices.
6. ... ? — Mistakes in printing.
7. ... ? — Because the airplane on them was printed upside down.
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