Statistics for All about stamps

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which country invented the postage stamp?	United Kingdom	88%
Which country's stamps are inscribed 'Nippon'?	Japan	86%
And whose potrait appeared on that stamp?	Queen Victoria	81%
Which country's stamps are inscribed 'Helvetia'?	Switzerland	81%
What is the technical term for stamp collecting?	Philately	72%
What was the first postage stamp commonly known as?	Penny Black	70%
In what year did the first postage stamp appear?	1840	66%
What are the holes at the edge of stamps called?	Perforations	66%
An envelope bearing stamps on the day they are issued is known as a..?	First Day Cover	56%
Which country's stamps are inscribed 'Lietuva'?	Lithuania	52%
Which country issued the first Christmas stamp?	Canada	47%
Who invented the postage stamp?	Rowland Hill	38%
What is the name of the UN agency that co-ordinates the worldwide postal system?	Universal Postal Union	28%
Which country issued the 1c Magenta, considered to be the world's rarest stamp?	British Guiana	25%
In 1973 which country issued stamps that could be played on a record player?	Bhutan	20%
Which British colony famously issued the 'Post Office' stamps of 1847?	Mauritius	19%
Which was the second country to issue postage stamps, in 1843?	Brazil	16%
Which country first issued triangular stamps?	Cape of Good Hope	16%