Some questions for your next stamp quiz.

1. Who is the man shown riding a bicycle on the Mafeking seige stamp?

2. In 1945 a stamp was issued showing a snake smoking a pipe.
name the issuing country

3. In what year was Dacelo gigas first featured on a postage stamp?

On Mar 9, 3:07*pm, "rodney" wrote:
1. Who is the man shown riding a bicycle on the Mafeking seige stamp?

2. *In 1945 a stamp was issued showing a snake smoking a pipe.
* * *name the issuing country

3. In what year was Dacelo gigas first featured on a postage stamp?


1 ) Hardly a man. It was 12 year old Sgt.-Major Warner Goodyear.
http://www.allnationsstampandcoin.co...ing-stamps.jpg

2 ) Brazil - Scott 635 to 639
http://i18.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/33/8c/8c03_1.JPG

3 ) 1914 - Aistralia
http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/...aul191401l.jpg

Blair

"3 ) 1914 - Aistralia"

Aistralia? Is that Canada's new name, eh?

Blair wrote:
On Mar 9, 3:07 pm, "rodney" wrote:
1. Who is the man shown riding a bicycle on the Mafeking seige stamp?

2. In 1945 a stamp was issued showing a snake smoking a pipe.
name the issuing country

3. In what year was Dacelo gigas first featured on a postage stamp?


1 ) Hardly a man. It was 12 year old Sgt.-Major Warner Goodyear.
http://www.allnationsstampandcoin.co...ing-stamps.jpg

2 ) Brazil - Scott 635 to 639
http://i18.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/33/8c/8c03_1.JPG

3 ) 1914 - Aistralia
http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/...aul191401l.jpg

Blair

Very sharp Blair,
I thought the asp and pipe would stump you.

Time to ramp up the difficulty factor then, my learned friend.

Who was Johnny Mercer talking about, with his lyrics he

Chorus 1:

I'm in love with a lady in a stamp collection,
Yes, sir-ee, she's the lady on the two-cent stamp;
Late one night, looking through the Caribbean section,
There she was sittin' pretty on a two-cent stamp.
And like a dope, I keep her inside an envelope,
In order to hide her eyes from guys;
And soon I hope I'm able to snag a microscope,
That readily magnifies those eyes.
I'll take a boat that is traveling in her direction,
Just to look for the lady on the two-cent stamp.
Where the blue sea is rolling,
I'll drop a sentimental hint;
And through life we'll go strolling,
That's if she isn't out of print;
Oh, woe is me if it's nothing but a vain affection,
I'm in love with lady on the two-cent stamp.

Chorus 2:

I've been told she's a Caribbean institution,
Ev'ryone loves the lady on the two-cent stamp;
People say she's the reason for the revolution,
They would die for the lady on the two-cent stamp.
From ev'ry town, the mountains and plains,
They hurry down on busses and trains to see Marie,
The native sons all gather at night and grab their guns;
They're ready to fight for her, yes, sir!
When politicians are coming up for re-election,
They all call on the lady on the two-cent stamp.
At a conf'rence or parley,
You oughta see the way she vamps;
She's got more drag than Farley,
Besides she sells a lot more stamps;
Oh, woe is me if she really has a green complexion,
I'm in love with the lady on the two-cent stamp.
I'm in love with the lady on the two-cent stamp.