General Awareness: Stamp Identification Quiz

1. Which member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) is the only country not required to name itself on its postage stamps?

a) United Kingdom
b) Australia
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Solomon Islands

The correct answer is a) United Kingdom

2. How did East Germany name itself on its postage stamps?

a) Deutsche Demokratische Republik
b) Deutschland
c) Deutsche Bundespost
d) Deutsche Reichspost

The correct answer is a) Deutsche Demokratische Republik

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

a) Croatia
b) Slovakia
c) Czech Republic
d) F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia)

The correct answer is a) Croatia

4. 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?
 
a) Egypt
b) Jordan
c) Syria
d) Iraq

The correct answer is a) Egypt

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

a) Sverige
b) Suomi
c) Norge
d) Finnesland

The correct answer is d) Finnesland

6. Which country's stamps were formerly printed with the name Haute-Volta?

a) Guinea Bissau
b) The Gambia
c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo
d) Burkina Faso

The correct answer is d) Burkina Faso

7. Which country uses the abbreviation RSA on its stamps?

a) South Africa
b) Syria
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Solomon Islands

The correct answer is a) South Africa

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

a) All of these
b) Shqipenia
c) R.P.E. Shqiperise
d) Shqiponies

The correct answer is a) All of these

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

a) YCTAB
b) Y.C.P.P.
c) Y.C.C.P.
d) YKP. H. PETI

The correct answer is a) YCTAB

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

a) Magyar
b) Malagasy
c) Maluku Selatan
d) Malgache

The correct answer is c) Maluku Selatan