Questions

1. Identify the shell in the stamp.

2. How many stamps have been issued in the set?

3. In which denomination were they issued?

4. What is the date of issue?

5. Name the shells depicted on the other three stamps.

6. What is the occasion of issue?

7. What is the monetary unit of paraguay?

8. If a stamp bears the name benadir can you tell the name of the country which has issued it.

Answers

1. Cassis cornuta linnaeus, generally known as horned helmet shell.

2. Four.

3. 300, 300, 300, 1100 paise.

4. 30.12.98.

5. Cypraea staphylaea linnaueus, lambis lambis linnaeus, commonly called the spider shell, chicoreus brunneus linnaeus, commonly known as rock shell or murex shell.

6. International year of the ocean.

7. 1 guarani of 100 cent MOS.

8. Somalia.

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