题目内容
W: When did you become interested in collecting stampsM: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.W: Really I didn’t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual chargeM: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria. Who paid for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps()
查看答案
搜索结果不匹配?点我反馈
更多问题