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How much do you know about the subjects covered on British stamps during 2015?

Test your knowledge with our challenging quiz and don’t miss your chance to win

a 2015 Year Book, worth £137, courtesy of Royal Mail, in our online competition...

GB Stamps

reigning monarch, Long to Reign Over Us

celebrated this milestone in royal history.

How old was the present queen when she

ascended the throne?

12

In September, twenty of the

world’s top international

rugby teams travelled to

Britain for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Which was the first country to win the

tournament back in 1987?

13

Film fans were treated to

special stamps in October, to

mark the release of the film

Star Wars: The Force Awakens. What is the

name of the film’s director?

 e Stamp & Coin Mart

Quiz of the Year

1

The year’s special stamps launched

with stamps to commemorate the

150th anniversary of the publication of

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. What

is the name of the maidservant whom Alice

is mistaken for by the White Rabbit?

2

February’s Inventive Britain

celebrated landmark inventions of

the past century. What was the most

recent invention featured on the stamps?

3

Bridges featured eight of Britain’s

iconic bridges, built from materials

including gritstone, iron and steel.

From which material was the Humber

Bridge mainly constructed?

4

April’s special stamps was titled

Comedy Greats and featured

well-known British comedians

from over the decades. Which of the

comedians featured in the set was born

in India?

5

May saw the celebration of a

philatelic landmark with the 175th

anniversary of the Penny Black.

Which was the next official postage

stamp after the Penny Black?

6

The next stamps in Royal Mail’s

World War I centenary issue were

also issued in May. Which 1915-

16 WWI campaign saw the Allies face

the forces of an empire known as ‘the

sick man of Europe’?

7

Royal Mail worked with the Magna

Carta 800 committee to produce six

special stamps marking the 800th

anniversary of the historic charter in June.

Which churchman made the initial draft of

Magna Carta?

8

June also saw another issue of

anniversary-themed stamps, this

time to mark the 200th anniversary

of the Battle of Waterloo. How many of the

eight stamps in the set featured the work of

artist Denis Dighton?

9

One of the year’s most high

profile anniversaries was the 75th

anniversary of the Battle of Britain,

which was fought over the skies of southern

England between July and October 1940.

What is the meaning of the German name

for the battle – ‘Luftschlacht um England’?

10

Britain’s unsung ecology hero,

the bee, was the subject of

August’s special stamps. Which

leading bee specialist wrote the information

in Royal Mail’s Bees Presentation Pack?

11

Issued on the same day that

the Queen overtook her great-

great-grandmother Queen

Victoria to become Britain’s longest

For your chance to win a Royal Mail 2015 Yearbook,

worth over £130 and containing all the special

stamps from 2015, simply answer the following

question on our website:

Which star of the ‘Comedy Greats’ stamp set of April

2015 won the television talent show New Faces in 1975?

You can also enter by post, using code: SCM2084.

Winner will be picked at random from correct entries.

Closing date 7 January, 2016. Editor’s decision is final.

Win a Royal Mail

2015 Yearbook

Royal Mail’s stamps

covered a wide range

of subjects over the

last twelve months,

from comedians to

wartime events

Find the answers to the

quiz on page 132...

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