Postage stamp trivia quiz

A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. They are the most popular way of paying for retail mail. Here are 20 questions that will help you determine how much you know about Postage Stamps.

  1.  1

    Which member of the Universal Postal union is the only country required to name itself on its postage stamps?

    • United Kingdom
    • Australia
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Solomon islands
  2.  2

    Which country was the first to issue postage stamps?

    • U.K.
    • U.S.A.
    • Japan
    • Philippines
  3.  3

    How did East Germany name itself on its postage stamps?

    • Deutsche Demokratische Republik
    • Deutsche Reichspost
    • Deutschland
    • Deutsche Bundespost
  4.  4

    What was the standard abbreviation used by the German Federal Republic of West Germany?

    • LRR
    • LDR
    • DDR
    • RDD
  5.  5

    What was printed on stamps of Germany under the Allied occupation?

    • Deutschland
    • Deutsche Reichspost
    • Deutsche Bundespost
    • Deutsche Demokratische Republik
  6.  6

    Which country issued its first stamp on September 9, 1991 under the name Republik Hrvatska?

    • Macedonia
    • Czech Republic
    • Croatia
    • Slovakia
  7.  7

    What was printed on the stamps of Germany under the German Imperial Post?

    • Deutsche Reichspost
    • Deutsche Bundespost
    • Deutsche Bundespost
    • Deutsche Demokratische Republik
  8.  8

    In 1958, two countries merged to form the United Arab Republic as the first step to a pan-Arab nation. Which of these countries used the name UAR on its postage stamps until 1971?

    • Syria
    • Iraq
    • Jordan
    • Egypt
  9.  9

    Which of the following is not a name used on postage stamps by a Nordic country?

    • Suomi
    • Finnesland
    • Norge
    • Sverige
  10. 10

    South African stamps are sometimes printed with what abbreviation other than RSA?

    • Suid Afrika
    • Republic of South Africa
    • RPE
    • DDR
  11. 11

    Which country’s stamps were formerly printed with the name Haute-Volta?

    • Guinea Bissau
    • The Gambia
    • The Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Burkina Faso
  12. 12

    Which country uses the abbreviation RSA on its stamps?

    • Saudi Arabia
    • Solomon Islands
    • Syria
    • South Africa
  13. 13

    Which of the following might you see printed on Albanian stamps?

    • Shqiponies
    • R.P.E. Shquperise
    • All of these
    • Shquipenia
  14. 14

    How many different spellings of the Albanian name in stamps were printed?

    • Nine
    • Ten
    • Eleven
    • Twelve
  15. 15

    Which of the following names has not been printed on stamps used by Ukraine?

    • YCTAB
    • Y.C.P.P.
    • Y.C.C.P.
    • YKP. H.PETI
  16. 16

    Which of the following country names represents an entity not recognized as an independent nation by the Universal Postal Union?

    • Malagasy
    • Maluku Selatan
    • Malgache
    • Magyar
  17. 17

    How many stamps did the provisional government of South Moluccas print?

    • 120
    • 110
    • 130
    • 140
  18. 18

    Malagasy and Malgache are names for Madagascar while Magyar is for

    • Sweden
    • United Kingdom
    • Hungary
    • Switzerland
  19. 19

    Saudi Stamps are often printed with what abbreviation?

    • USA
    • KSA
    • UK
    • UEA
  20. 20

    Between 1958-1971 Egyptian stamps were printed with what abbreviation?

    • UEA
    • KSA
    • UAR
    • EU

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