AY Honors/Stamps (Template)/Answer Key

1

Relate briefly the story of the beginning of the postal service in your country.

2

How is the history of your country told in postage stamps?

3

What are the rates for first-class mail in your country?

4

What country does not have its name on its stamps and why?

5

Know the meaning of the following:

5a

Coil stamp

5b

Booklet stamp

5c

Perforations

5d

Perforation gauge

5e

Definitive stamps

5f

Commemorative stamps

5g

Hinges

5h

Plastic mounts

6

Have a knowledge of how to soak stamps from paper and how to dry them.

7

Make a collection of at least 750 stamps. (No two stamps alike.)

8

Properly classify these stamps:

8a

As to country.

8b

In series; that is, according to year and design.

9

Mount your stamps with gummed hinges or plastic mounts. (Plastic mounts are preferred for mint stamps.)

10

Choose a topical idea and develop a display of at least nine pages, including a title page, suitable for a stamp club show, Pathfinder Fair, etc. Display should be artistically arranged, neatly labeled and mounted, showing careful thought and research. Be sure to include several covers or cachets.