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陕西省兴平市秦岭中学高二英语课后作业4 Any mistake, which is made in the printing of a stamp, raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on a two-penny stamp has made it worth a million and a half times its face value. ? ??Do you think it possible? However, it is true. ? ??The mistake was made more than 100 years ago in Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean, which was a British colony（殖民地）at that time. In 1847, an order (定单)for stamps was sent to London. Thus Mauritius became the fourth country in the world which had the stamps made in other countries. ?? ?Before the order was filled ,that is, the s