#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $400: Harriet Tubman & Harriet Jacobs are pictured on a set of stamps celebrating this; its general route is depicted on the back of the pane the Underground Railroad |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $800: A guitar, fiddle, banjo & mandolin are all featured on the 2024 stamp celebrating this uniquely American genre of music bluegrass |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $1200: On the 250th anniv. of the 1st of these bodies, a stamp quotes its letter to King George III: "We ask but for peace, liberty & safety" the Continental Congress |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $1600: Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope & featured on a new stamp, are these pillars in the Eagle Nebula the Pillars of Creation |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $2000: This Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Adventures of Augie March" wears a jaunty hat on his 2024 stamp Bellow |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $400: One of the most famous errors in postal history occurred in 1918 when a Jenny biplane was printed on stamps this way upside-down |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $200: Showing a wreath, a ribbon & 2 candles, the first USPS stamp celebrating this was controversial in 1962 for mixing church & state Christmas |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $400: The "Pony Cars" series features 5 classic sporty autos, including this Ford model that inspired the term a Mustang |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $600: A series dedicated to this art form shows men dressed in traje de charro playing the trumpet, guitarrón & other instruments mariachi |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: A one-cent stamp pays tribute to this American designer of lamps & much more Tiffany |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $1,600 (Daily Double): A 1989 stamp drew criticism from paleontologists for labeling a dinosaur not Apatosaurus but this Brontosaurus |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! $400: After scheming to turn European postage stamps into $15 million worth of fraud, he was arrested in 1920 & went to prison Charles Ponzi |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | A CHANGE OF "PACE" $1500: This word can refer to a single sheet of postage stamps or a single sheet of glass pane |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $800: Oops... on a stamp in 2010--& 3 billion stamps, eventually--the USPS used a replica in Vegas instead of this New York landmark the Statue of Liberty |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | METER MADE $800: stamps.com says its service is better than using this device that Pitney Bowes has been making for a century a postage meter |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ON A STAMP $200: One of Canada's rarest stamps, the 1851 12-pence black features a youthful portrait of her Queen Victoria |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ON A STAMP $600: One of the most valuable U.S. stamps is the "Inverted" this, the female nickname of the Curtiss JN-4 shown upside down Jenny |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ON A STAMP $1000: Included in a set of stamps celebrating American architecture was this Pennsylvania house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $200: "Go Beyond", says the stamp featuring this animated Disney space ranger Buzz Lightyear |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $400: Seen here, this adorable marine mammal is one of the stars of the National Marine Sanctuary stamps an otter (a sea otter) |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $600: To honor Charles M. Schulz' centennial, a series of stamps features the "Peanuts" gang, including this kid in a cloud of dust Pig-Pen |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $800: The musician wears a traditional outfit called traje de charro on the stamp seen here honoring this Mexican style of music mariachi |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: A Forever stamp celebrates this Hindu festival of lights that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness Diwali |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | TRAVEL $200: Stamps in your passport of this entry endorsement are a thing of the past on visits to many countries, like South Korea a visa |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | HODGEPODGE $1200: In 2021, the U.S. Postal Service issued new stamps celebrating this holiday the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FAST FACT $3,000 (Daily Double): U.S. postage stamps bearing this word began going on sale in April 2007 Forever |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | U.S. STAMPS $400: A pair of stamps feature a boutonniere & this bouquet of flowers often worn pinned to a dress a corsage |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | U.S. STAMPS $800: Seen here, a 2021 stamp celebrates this holiday by showing elements of a typical ofrenda Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | U.S. STAMPS $1200: A series of stamps depicts backyard games, including tetherball & this one where you toss beanbags at a wooden target cornhole |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | U.S. STAMPS $1600: The picket fence in the background alludes to a play title by this man honored on the stamp seen here (August) Wilson |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | U.S. STAMPS $2000: A stamp honors the 33,000 second-generation Japanese Americans, known by this Japanese word, who served in World War II Nisei |
#8405, aired 2021-05-21 | YOU'RE IN THE HOLE $1600: Seen here is an early 20th century machine for this, which the U.S. Postal Service began doing in 1857 perforating the stamps |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $400: In 1907 as part of a Jamestown Exposition set, she became the first Native American woman on a U.S. stamp Pocahontas |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $800: The Legends of American Music series in 1994 included Ethel Waters & this Broadway Ethel Ethel Merman |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $1200: As part of a Great American series, this artist who made a big impression in France appeared on a 1988 stamp Cassatt |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $1600: This Latin American icon who made a big splash in U.S. movies appeared with her tutti-frutti hat on a 2011 stamp Carmen Miranda |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $2000: The first African American soloist to sing with the Metropolitan Opera, this contralto was honored on a stamp in 2005 Marian Anderson |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $400: In 1978 this Underground Railroad conductor appeared on the first stamp in the Black Heritage Series Harriet Tubman |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $800: Order in the Supreme Court--he was honored on a stamp in 2003 (Thurgood) Marshall |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $1200: A 2002 stamp paid tribute to a true renaissance man--this Harlem Renaissance poet (Langston) Hughes |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $1600: In 2019 the Postal Service paid tribute to this late dancer & actor Gregory Hines |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $2000: This esteemed journalist & PBS news anchor who passed away in 2016 was honored in 2020 Gwen Ifill |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $400: In "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Maya Angelou lives in the small town of Stamps near Texarkana in the SW corner of this state Arkansas |
#8206, aired 2020-04-20 | A HISTORY OF CHARITY $200: Founded in April 1919, this organization sold its first stamps or "seals" to help disabled children in 1934 the Easterseals |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $200: In the 1930s, this landmark was seen erupting on a 5-cent stamp Old Faithful |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $400: The "Great Lakes Lighthouses" stamps of 1995 included New York's Thirty Mile Point on this smallest Great Lake Lake Ontario |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $600: Issued in 2018, the stamp here celebrated this state's 200th anniversary Illinois |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $800: 2019's "Wild and Scenic Rivers" series includes Oregon's Dechutes River, which flows north before emptying into this mighty waterway the Columbia |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $1000: In 1999, a set of stamps celebrated the nature of this large desert in Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. the Sonoran Desert |
#8147, aired 2020-01-28 | RUSSIAN ART & CULTURE $1600: Russian for "self-boiler", these urns were traditionally used to heat water for tea & in 1989 were showcased on a series of stamps a samovar |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $400: Drawings of the head of a bearded man & of the skeleton are 2019 U.K. stamps commemorating the 500th anniv. of this artist's death da Vinci |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $800: Hallelujah! In 2019 Canada issued stamps honoring this Canadian singer-songwriter who passed in 2016 (Leonard) Cohen |
#8090, aired 2019-11-08 | STAMPS $400: 5 phrases from this song are represented on a set of stamps; one shows a double rainbow over Kansas for "spacious skies" "America the Beautiful" |
#8090, aired 2019-11-08 | STAMPS $800: "3 Days of Peace and Music" & a dove are on the 2019 stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of this Woodstock |
#8090, aired 2019-11-08 | STAMPS $1200: These black grapes with a 2-word French name make a nice red wine as well as a pretty 5-cent stamp Pinot Noir |
#8090, aired 2019-11-08 | STAMPS $1600: That's the spotted type of this eel on the coral reef postcard stamp a moray |
#8090, aired 2019-11-08 | STAMPS $2000: The stamp honoring this Hindu holiday features a traditional oil lamp called a diya Diwali |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | STUFF ON STAMPS $400: Issued in 2018, Frozen Treats stamps smell like summer because you can do this alliterative pair of actions to them scratch and sniff |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | STUFF ON STAMPS $800: A 2017 stamp of a total one of these was made with special ink that reveals the underlying moon when touched a solar eclipse |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | STUFF ON STAMPS $1200: A 2-cent stamp shows this eponymous fruit actually thought to be a lemon-mandarin hybrid a Meyer lemon |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | STUFF ON STAMPS $2000: A firefly is part of the series that celebrates this, the ability of a living creature to produce light bioluminescence |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | STUFF ON STAMPS $3,000 (Daily Double): A set of stamps features posters designed by Depression-era artists for this New Deal agency the WPA, or the Works Progress Administration |
#7941, aired 2019-03-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In 1932 Italy issued a series of stamps honoring this hero of unification on the 50th anniversary of his death Garibaldi |
#7940, aired 2019-03-01 | REFERENCE WORKS $400: Collectors of these can learn their values from the Scott number, listed in an annual catalog stamps |
#7920, aired 2019-02-01 | STAMPS $200: A pioneer of deaf studies, Robert Panara is showing "respect" in this language on a 2-ounce stamp American Sign Language |
#7920, aired 2019-02-01 | STAMPS $400: This cartoon canine appeared on a 2018 stamp to highlight his "Doo Good" campaign Scooby-Doo |
#7920, aired 2019-02-01 | STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): A musician plays a guitar, exemplifying the Delta blues, on the stamp honoring its 200th anniversary of statehood Mississippi |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $400: A 2007 stamp from Papua New Guinea misspelled this word, the inability to read (there was only one "L") illiteracy |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $800: A stamp had this big landmark; not the original in N.Y. Harbor, but the lady in front of Vegas' New York-New York casino the Statue of Liberty |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $1200: On the stamp seen here, Monaco "oops"ed by putting 5 fingers & a thumb, too, on this New Deal U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $1600: A 1932 Philippine stamp honored Pagsanjan Falls but showed Vernal Falls in this California national park Yosemite |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $2000: A 1968 Chinese stamp, "The Whole Country is Red", did not red out this island, & the authorities soon recalled it Taiwan |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | STAMPS $400: Disney villains stamps include this baddie from "Sleeping Beauty" Maleficent |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | STAMPS $800: A stamp honoring Henry David Thoreau has his face, his signature & sumac leaves, which grew next to his cabin here Walden Pond |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | STAMPS $1200: For your RSVP envelopes, consider the celebration corsage & this counterpart, worn on a lapel a boutonniere |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | STAMPS $1600: Latin American cuisine on the Delicioso stamp series includes this 4-letter egg custard flan |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | STAMPS $2000: Father Theodore Hesburgh is depicted on the campus of this college, where he was the longtime president the University of Notre Dame |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | STAMPING PHILATELY $200: These stamps went on sale in 2007 to guard against price increases, but a 2-cent decrease in 2016 surprised many Forever stamps |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | STAMPING PHILATELY $400: Don't be be-Fudd-led that collectors saved more than 40 million stamps of this cartoon critter in 1997 Bugs Bunny |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | STAMPING PHILATELY $1,500 (Daily Double): A first set of stamps with this leader were printed in England, but intercepted by the Union; a second set made it through Jefferson Davis |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STAMP COLLECTING $1200: The Philatelic Beacon is a newsletter for those who like to collect stamps that depict these structures lighthouses |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STAMP COLLECTING $2000: An FDI stamp is one of these, a term commonly associated with new stamps first day of issue |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | 1971's COSMO GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE NEW ETIQUETTE $600: "Things That are Tacky": forgetting to buy your man vermouth, stamps & this item such as barbasol or foamy shaving cream |
#7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $600: Beginning in the 1850s, a machine like this one was used to put these holes between stamps for easier separation perforations |
#7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $1000: Here's one of the rare U.S. airmail stamps known as this inverted biplane because of a printing error a jenny |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | "GREEN" STUFF $1000: Sperry & Hutchinson were famous for these items that could be traded for all sorts of things Green Stamps |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | FOREVER STAMPS $400: Ding dong! The first Forever stamps, issued in 2007, featured this iconic symbol the Liberty Bell |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | FOREVER STAMPS $800: Stamps celebrating this character's 75th anniversary included the one seen here Batman |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | FOREVER STAMPS $1200: In 2015, just in time for winter, the Postal Service issued 4 colorful stamps featuring geometric these snowflakes |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | FOREVER STAMPS $1600: In 2015, gifts of friendship stamps, including the one seen here, were jointly issued by the United States & this country Japan |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | FOREVER STAMPS $2000: A 2016 series celebrating the National Park Service included a stamp of this park that covers over 3 million acres Glacier Bay |
#7378, aired 2016-10-12 | @_FloridaMan $200: "Florida Man Steals" this "ultimate driving machine" "After He's Told He Can't Buy It With Food Stamps" a BMW |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | STAMPS $200: The stamp seen here depicts the attack on this Baltimore fort Fort McHenry |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | STAMPS $400: This hand signal is on a stamp in the series honoring the 50th anniversary of "Star Trek" "Live long and prosper" (the Vulcan salute) |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | STAMPS $600: On a 2016 stamp, sunlight bathes la Cueva del Indio, or the Cave of the Indian, near Arecibo on this U.S. commonwealth Puerto Rico |
#7330, aired 2016-06-24 | THE CONSCIENCE FUND $1000: The fund received a 44-cent donation from a woman who confessed to reusing 2 of these stamps |
#7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1840 the U.K. post office issued the world's first postage stamps, the 2 Penny Blue & the Penny this the Penny Black |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | 2016 STAMPS $200: The first Halloween-themed stamps issued by the USPS feature these grinning items jack-o'-lanterns |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | 2016 STAMPS $400: In February 2016, the Postal Service rang in this lunar holiday with the stamp seen here; the word "monkey" appears in Chinese Chinese New Year |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | 2016 STAMPS $600: Stand & deliver the name of this man honored on a stamp & in film for teaching calculus to his inner-city students Jaime Escalante |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | 2016 STAMPS $800: This natural wonder of the Pacific Northwest, a canyon through the Cascades, is depicted here on a 2016 stamp the Columbia River Gorge |
#7231, aired 2016-02-08 | STAMPS $800: One of these spinning tops is depicted in yellow on a Hanukkah stamp a dreidel |
#7231, aired 2016-02-08 | STAMPS $1200: "Henceforward shall be free", says the stamp honoring the 150th anniversary of this proclamation the Emancipation Proclamation |
#7231, aired 2016-02-08 | STAMPS $1600: The Coastal Birds postcard stamp set includes this wading bird that's named for a prominent facial feature the spoonbill |
#7231, aired 2016-02-08 | STAMPS $2000: The portrait of this "Invisible Man" author on a 91-cent stamp is based on a photo by Life magazine's Gordon Parks (Ralph) Ellison |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | STAMPS $200: These structures depicted on stamps include ones from Boston Harbor & New London Harbor lighthouses |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | STAMPS $400: Stamps show the Army & the Navy versions of this highest award for valor in combat the Medal of Honor |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | STAMPS $600: The photos for the stamps depicting these aquatic flowers were taken at a D.C. garden, not at Monet's Giverny water lilies |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | STAMPS $800: The Celebrity Chefs series would not be complete without her stamp, seen here Julia Child |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | STAMPS $1000: A Christmas special about this misfit who ends up helping Santa was honored on a series of stamps in 2014 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | STAMPS $200: A 2015 stamp is a heart formed by the letters of this word, also used by the USPS to mean the lasting value of a stamp forever |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | STAMPS $400: That's a mythical goddess of the hunt on the stamp that raises funds to research a cure for this disease breast cancer |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | STAMPS $600: A holiday stamp depicts this colorful Christmas plant considered a symbol of purity by the Aztecs a poinsettia |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | STAMPS $800: Asher Durand's "Summer Afternoon" is on a stamp celebrating the school of artists named for this New York river the Hudson River |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | STAMPS $1000: A vintage circus poster stamp features a roaring tiger & this slogan of the Barnum & Bailey Circus "The Greatest Show on Earth" |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | STAMPS $5 (Daily Double): The colors of the gay pride flag adorn the stamp featuring this slain politician (Harvey) Milk |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | STAMPS $400: The Winter Fun series includes making a snowman & making one of these by lying on the ground a snow angel |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | STAMPS $800: The songbirds series includes this state bird seen here the Baltimore oriole |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | STAMPS $1200: 4 circular stamps depict different designs of this, the spotlight Commissioner Gordon used in Gotham's night sky the Bat-Signal |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | STAMPS $1600: The stamp seen here commemorates the Battle of Mobile Bay, so that's the fleet of this Union admiral Farragut |
#7008, aired 2015-02-18 | WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? $400: A philatelist stamps |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS $400: In the wee hours of January 8, 1993, his stamp was dedicated at Graceland on what would have been his 58th birthday Elvis Presley |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS $800: In 2014, two rock icons who died less than a month apart in 1970 appeared on new Forever stamps--Hendrix & her Janis Joplin |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS $1200: Hank Williams & this "I Fall to Pieces" singer were featured in a 1993 Country & Western series Patsy Cline |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS $1600: Tragically shot dead at 23, she was among those honored in the Latin Music Legends series in 2011 Selena |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS $2000: All hail this New Orleans-born "Queen of Gospel" who appeared on a stamp in 1998 Mahalia Jackson |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | POST OFFICE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S. Post Office in Chicago, IL.) Collectors know there are three main types of stamps: definitives, printed in large quantities; specials, used for holidays; & these, which honor a person, subject or event important to American life commemorative |
#6915, aired 2014-10-10 | STAMPS $400: A series depicting 5 species of these plants shows their fronds in close-up ferns |
#6915, aired 2014-10-10 | STAMPS $1200: The stamps seen here celebrate the Centennial of Tokyo's gift of these trees to Washington, D.C. cherry trees |
#6915, aired 2014-10-10 | STAMPS $1600: This pet owl is on one of the stamps in the "Harry Potter" set Hedwig |
#6915, aired 2014-10-10 | STAMPS $2000: The 50th birthday of this suspension bridge that spans New York Harbor was celebrated with a priority mail stamp the Verrazano Narrows Bridge |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | STAMPS $400: It's a flag! It's an anthem! It's a patriotic stamp the "Star-Spangled Banner" stamp |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | STAMPS $800: A circular holiday stamp depicts an evergreen one of these decorations wreath |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | STAMPS $1200: You can see the quiet dignity of this civil rights icon who took a back seat to no one Rosa Parks |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | STAMPS $1600: The "Made in America" series shows a riveter & a welder working on this Manhattan skyscraper Empire State Building |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): A stamp commemorating the War of 1812 features the Battle of this lake Lake Erie |
#6884, aired 2014-07-17 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800: Marianne, featured in art & seen on stamps, is a symbol of this country France |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | STAMPS $200: A 1907 5-cent stamp commemorating Jamestown featured her, the first Native American on a U.S. postage stamp Pocahontas |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | STAMPS $400: France's first postage stamp was issued in 1849 & featured this Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | STAMPS $600: In 1992 America voted on which portrait of this rock icon to use on a new stamp; the watercolor by Mark Stutzman won Elvis |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | STAMPS $800: In 1973 this small Himalayan kingdom near Nepal issued stamps that could be played on a phonograph Bhutan |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | STAMPS $1000: A 1918 error produced the valuable "Inverted" this; a 2013 stamp has the plane upside down on purpose Jenny |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $400: This Nobel Prize-winning nun was featured on a 2010 stamp Mother Teresa |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $1200: With the Columbus commemorative stamps in 1893, she became the first woman to be depicted on a U.S. stamp Queen Isabella |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $1600: As part of the Black Heritage series, this two-time Wimbledon champ was depicted on a 2013 stamp Althea Gibson |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $2000: "God Bless America" & this beloved singer who was honored on a stamp in 2010 Kate Smith |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 2005, for what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. & Sweden issued stamps featuring this movie legend Greta Garbo |
#6783, aired 2014-02-26 | "PHIL"-OSOPHY $400: It's the hobby of collecting stamps philately |
#6662, aired 2013-07-30 | U.S. STAMPS $200: Artist Tom Engeman created an image of this symbol of American freedom, to "ring out" on forever stamps Liberty Bell |
#6662, aired 2013-07-30 | U.S. STAMPS $400: The "send a hello" stamps feature heroes from Pixar films, including this title robot Wall-E |
#6662, aired 2013-07-30 | U.S. STAMPS $600: The family on the stamp pictured here is celebrating this African-American holiday Kwanzaa |
#6662, aired 2013-07-30 | U.S. STAMPS $800: A 2012 series of stamps honored these roof toppers that tell which way the wind is blowing a weather vane |
#6662, aired 2013-07-30 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: The flowers on the stamps seen here are meant to look like the images seen in this optical instrument with a rotating tube a kaleidoscope |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $200: The "Yes, I Do" stamp in the series celebrating this life event is perfect for invitations a wedding |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $400: An express mail stamp honors this train station that opened on February 2, 1913 Grand Central Station |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $600: A spicebush swallowtail, one of these, graces a big stamp for use on large greeting card envelopes a butterfly |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $800: A commemorative stamp celebrating this 1863 document reads, "henceforward shall be free" the Emancipation Proclamation |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS $1000: A series featuring classic muscle cars included the GT500 Mustang designed by this man (Carroll) Shelby |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | SMALLER THAN TULSA $1600: This very old republic within northeastern Italy is famous for its colorful, collectible stamps San Marino |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $400: The stamp seen here honoring this author was issued in 1989 in Key West, Florida Hemingway |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $800: In 1965 it was full steam ahead for this steamboat designer honored on a stamp for his 200th birthday (Robert) Fulton |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) A 1952 stamp honored this hero's 1777 arrival in America; notice the flag here (Marquis de) Lafayette |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $1600: This Swedish diplomat who helped save tens of thousands of Jews during WWII was featured on a 1983 Israeli stamp (Raoul) Wallenberg |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $2000: In 2012, this cool jazz man was featured on the stamp seen here Miles Davis |
#6571, aired 2013-03-25 | U.S. STAMPS $200: A pink love stamp perfect for wedding invitations shows a stream of hearts behind this type of bicycle a tandem bicycle |
#6571, aired 2013-03-25 | U.S. STAMPS $400: A series of postcards stamps depicts these garments whose Hawaiian name conveys a friendly spirit aloha shirts |
#6571, aired 2013-03-25 | U.S. STAMPS $800: A 1-cent stamp has a lamp with a stained glass shade in the style of this Art Nouveau craftsman Tiffany |
#6571, aired 2013-03-25 | U.S. STAMPS $1,000 (Daily Double): A stamp commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 features a painting of this frigate the U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) |
#6571, aired 2013-03-25 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: This city's red sandstone rock formations are featured on a stamp celebrating Arizona's statehood Sedona |
#6401, aired 2012-06-18 | THE HAULS OF CONGRESS $200: Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski pled guilty to this kind of fraud in 1996; he'd traded free postage stamps for cash mail fraud |
#6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PHILATELY PHUN $200: Between 1840 & 1902 all British postage stamps had a picture of her Queen Victoria |
#6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PHILATELY PHUN $400: In 1847 Ben Franklin was on the front of one of the first U.S. stamps to have this on the back adhesive |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? $800: An aerophilatelist airmail stamps |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | U.S. STAMPS $200: Julia de Burgos, a celebrated poet of this U.S. commonwealth, was honored on a 2010 stamp Puerto Rico |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | U.S. STAMPS $400: Stamps honoring Hanukkah have featured a menorah & this toy a dreidel |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | U.S. STAMPS $600: The Latin Music Legends series of course includes this woman in her signature fruity hat Carmen Miranda |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | U.S. STAMPS $800: This "hot dog" of a Supreme Court justice appears in profile on a 2009 stamp (Felix) Frankfurter |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: The year of the rabbit stamp depicts this fruit, eaten for good luck on the Chinese lunar new year kumquats |
#6117, aired 2011-03-29 | ANCIENT NAMES FOR MODERN PLACES $400: "Helvetia" is still inscribed on this mountainous country's currency & stamps Switzerland |
#6108, aired 2011-03-16 | P.O. $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the 9-letter word for the hobby of collecting stamps philately |
#6099, aired 2011-03-03 | WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? $400: Some postage stamps from the animal rescue series that say adopt a pet from one of these a shelter |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | STAMPS $200: This comedian known for entertaining the troops was honored with a stamp in 2009 Bob Hope |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | STAMPS $400: A 2010 stamp honored political cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the youngest winner of this prize the Pulitzer |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | STAMPS $600: The Love stamp seen here is adapted from an image on a Hallmark card, & features these flowers pansies |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | STAMPS $800: This author of "Hawaii" was honored on a stamp wearing (what else?) a Hawaiian lei Michener |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | STAMPS $1000: Part of the Nature of America series, the pane seen here is called this type of forest a kelp forest |
#5964, aired 2010-07-15 | "FOO" FIGHTERS $400: These were first offered in 1939 to low-income families to help them buy groceries food stamps |
#5922, aired 2010-05-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR $600: In a lighter vein, Ogden Nash wrote to complain that these won't stick unless he uses Scotch tape stamps |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | STAMP IT OUT $200: Of the first 4 classic films (all from 1939) honored with U.S. stamps in 1990, the only one that was a musical The Wizard of Oz |
#5851, aired 2010-02-08 | STAMPS $200: Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!) the Simpsons |
#5851, aired 2010-02-08 | STAMPS $400: This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series (Edwin) Hubble |
#5851, aired 2010-02-08 | STAMPS $600: A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war" Harriet Beecher Stowe |
#5851, aired 2010-02-08 | STAMPS $800: An international rate stamp has a photo of this nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia & Florida the Okefenokee |
#5851, aired 2010-02-08 | STAMPS $1,800 (Daily Double): The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named Lt. Gen. John Lejeune |
#5826, aired 2010-01-04 | STAMP COLLECTING $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a stamp on the monitor.) In the authentication process of certain stamps, detection fluid is applied to the back, revealing this type of transparent impression a watermark |
#5817, aired 2009-12-22 | GREAT DAMES $2000: Hello, possums! In 2006 her (?) face was on Australian stamps as an "Australian Legend"; so was Barry Humphries' Dame Edna |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $200: The Kansas Statehood stamp from 1961 featured what else but this state flower a sunflower |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $400: In 2008, a new stamp honored this Hollywood legend who would have turned 100 Bette Davis |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $600: An American Folklore stamp in 1974 honored this tale & featured the Headless Horseman & Ichabod Crane "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $800: The Classic Movie Monsters stamps from 1997 included Bela Lugosi as him Dracula |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: In 1998 this magazine publisher who died in 1967 appeared on a 32-cent stamp; it was about "Time" (Henry) Luce |
#5537, aired 2008-10-07 | JOIN THE CLUB $400: It quacks me up that the NDSCS is a club for people who collect stamps featuring these ducks |
#5509, aired 2008-07-17 | A CATEGORY FULL OF HOLES $800: Until these holes on postage stamps were introduced in the 1850s, stamps had to be cut by hand perforations |
#5469, aired 2008-05-22 | POTPOURRI AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Many of this country's postage stamps reproduce paintings in Prince Hans-Adam's art collection Liechtenstein |
#5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $400: These fund-raising stamps for disabled children were first issued in 1934 Easter Seals |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THE STAMP ACT $800: The Pollination stamps show a butterfly, a bat, bees & this small nectar-sipping bird a hummingbird |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | HAVE I TOLD YOU PHILATELY $200: It was like comparing these 2 different fruits, at least on separate stamps released together in March 2001 apples & oranges |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | THE STAMP ACT $600: The Crops of the Americas stamps included corn & this state flower of Kansas the sunflower |
#5274, aired 2007-07-12 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $600: Produced by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, the first ones of these in rolls were issued in 1908 stamps |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | WONDERS OF AMERICA STAMPS $200: City where you'll find the USA's tallest man-made monument St. Louis |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | WONDERS OF AMERICA STAMPS $400: Bigger than 10 states, it's our largest lake Superior |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | WONDERS OF AMERICA STAMPS $600: California has the tallest trees, tallest dam, and tallest waterfall, which shares its name with this national park Yosemite |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | WONDERS OF AMERICA STAMPS $800: The peregrine type of this is the fastest bird, reaching 200 mph while plunging after prey falcon |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | WONDERS OF AMERICA STAMPS $1000: More than 350 miles of passages have been mapped in this longest cave Mammoth Cave |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | STAMPS $200: This markswoman was featured in the "Legends of the West" series from 1994 Annie Oakley |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | STAMPS $400: In the late 1990s, both Daffy Duck & this Looney Tunes archrival appeared on U.S. stamps Bugs Bunny |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | STAMPS $800: A series honoring DC Comics super heroes included this former king of the Seven Seas Aquaman |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | STAMPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, the 2007 Love Stamp features this Hershey's candy, celebrating its 100th anniversary a Hershey's Kiss |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | STAMPS $1000: The constellations stamps showed starry patterns in the night sky, like this one of a winged horse Pegasus |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | I'M BORED $2000: How about taking up a new hobby like philately, which is the collecting of these stamps |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $1200: On the Opry stage in 1993, the USPS unveiled 4 new country music stamps, one honoring this famed family the Carter family |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 2006 COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS $200: In the American Motorcycles series, here's this type of bike named for the removal of some parts a chopper |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 2006 COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS $400: Wonders of America: Land of Superlatives includes these oldest mountains that run from Canada to Alabama the Appalachians |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 2006 COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS $600: 4 stamps feature aspects of Ben Franklin; here he is in this job Postmaster General |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 2006 COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS $800: The longest arm of the law, he's part of a series on DC comics superheroes Plastic Man |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 2006 COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS $1000: Canada Post is a joint issuer of the stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of this Frenchman's voyage Samuel de Champlain |
#4962, aired 2006-03-21 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads while picking up stamps with tongs.) I'm using special tongs to put my stamps into this type of envelope whose name is derived from a transparent material glassine |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $400: 1902:
The first First Lady Martha Washington |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $800: 1952:
A famous seamstress & flagmaker Betsy Ross |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $1200: 1994:
A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition Sacagawea |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $1600: 1907:
A Powhatan princess Pocahontas |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $2000: 1963:
A pilot Amelia Earhart |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $400: Yip Harburg is shown with the lyric "skies are blue", from this Oscar-winning song of his "Over The Rainbow" |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $800: In 2004 the Post Office honored the "Greatest Generation" with a stamp of this national memorial in D.C. the World War II Memorial |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $1200: 1 of the 2 women featured in the 2004 American Choreographers series (Martha) Graham (or Agnes de Mille) |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $1600: The background art on this author's stamp recalls a scene from "All the King's Men" Robert Penn Warren |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $2000: Scientist Barbara McClintock, who discovered "jumping" these in maize, was honored on a 2005 stamp genes |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD $400: The subject of the stamp seen here is a major artist of this nation the Netherlands |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD $800: It's the ancient religious complex depicted on the stamp seen here Angkor Wat |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD $1200: It's the year the commemorative stamp seen here was issued 1981 |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD $1600: Mais oui, the work of this painter is featured on the stamp seen here Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD $2000: He's the nationalist statesman seen here Sun Yat-sen |
#4629, aired 2004-10-21 | U.S. STAMPS $400: Well doggone it, in 2001, this beloved character appeared on the stamp seen here Snoopy |
#4629, aired 2004-10-21 | U.S. STAMPS $800: A 2004 stamp celebrated the 200th anniversary of this pair's expedition across the U.S. Lewis and Clark |
#4629, aired 2004-10-21 | U.S. STAMPS $1200: This naval hero appeared on a 1979 stamp along with the motto "I have not yet begun to fight" John Paul Jones |
#4629, aired 2004-10-21 | U.S. STAMPS $1,400 (Daily Double): Part of the "Celebrate the Century" series, the stamp seen here honored the first observance of this in the 1970s Earth Day |
#4629, aired 2004-10-21 | U.S. STAMPS $2000: On my honor, this girl scout leader was honored on a 3-cent stamp in 1948 Juliette Gordon Low |
#4591, aired 2004-07-19 | THE STAMP ACT $800: The 4 sports featured in the "Xtreme Sports" stamps series were skateboarding, BMX biking, in-line skating & this one snowboarding |
#4591, aired 2004-07-19 | THE STAMP ACT $2000: A series of Bulgarian stamps featuring types of these had one with a penny-farthing on it bicycles |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | GREETINGS FROM AMERICA STAMPS $400: Oops! The first catalogue showing all 50 stamps accidentally had New York twice, leaving this neighbor out New Jersey |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | GREETINGS FROM AMERICA STAMPS $800: It was the 5th time the Post Office has released a 50-state set; the 1st was in 1976 & featured these of each state flags |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | GREETINGS FROM AMERICA STAMPS $1200: The general designs of the stamps were based on popular ones of these from the 1930s & '40s postcards |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | GREETINGS FROM AMERICA STAMPS $1600: Though the Ohio stamp featured Cleveland, its first day cover was released in this city Columbus |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | GREETINGS FROM AMERICA STAMPS $2000: Details on this state's stamp include Denali Alaska |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | NATION"Z" $600: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins & stamps Switzerland |
#4563, aired 2004-06-09 | A GREEN CATEGORY $400: This company began issuing the first green stamps in the 1890s S&H |
#4506, aired 2004-03-22 | POTPOURRI $200: In 2001 Sweden & the U.S. honored this award's 100th anniversary with a set of postage stamps the Nobel Prize |
#4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POSTAL MATTERS $1000: This country doesn't have its name on its stamps; usually it has the king or queen's head the United Kingdom |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ART & ARTISTS $1,800 (Daily Double): Four of her works, including the one seen here, were recently featured on U.S. stamps Mary Cassatt |
#4324, aired 2003-05-22 | I'M JUST RUNNING IN FOR... $800: ...20 first-class stamps, which will now cost this much total $7.40 |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $200: One of the stamps that celebrated the 1960s commemorated this concert event Woodstock |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $400: The Legendary Playing Fields of Baseball set includes this Boston ballpark Fenway Park |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $600: This Looney Tunes character graced a 1999 stamp with his trademark "That's Despicable" look Daffy Duck |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $1000: A 1999 international rate stamp featured this landmark, also an electric power producer Niagara Falls |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $3,000 (Daily Double): These depicted on stamps include ones at Sandy Hook, New Jersey & Cape Hatteras, North Carolina lighthouses |
#4121, aired 2002-07-01 | THE SPIRIT OF '76 $200: In 1976 you could reassemble the painting from 3 of these, on sale for 13 cents each stamps |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY STAMPS $200: Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Beatles' Yellow Submarine appears on a stamp celebrating this decade 1960s |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY STAMPS $400: Margaret Mead & Babe Ruth are among the folks pictured in this decade '20s |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY STAMPS $600: The space shuttle takes off & the hostages come home during this decade 1980s |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY STAMPS $1000: Decade that saw "telephone spans the nation" & "U.S. Boy and Girl Scouting begins" teens (1910s) |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY STAMPS $1,200 (Daily Double): This decade has Earth Day & Monday Night Football 1970s |
#4093, aired 2002-05-22 | "D"OUBLE TALK $200: The island of Mauritius has featured this extinct bird on quite a few stamps the dodo |
#4020, aired 2002-02-08 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: Although Britain passed the Stamp Act, no stamps were sold in the 13 colonies except this southernmost one Georgia |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | COME TO GATHER $400: People do it to stamps or coins & when they pass Go in Monopoly collect |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Stamps showing a volcano in Nicaragua helped convince Congress to put the canal in this country Panama |
#3924, aired 2001-09-27 | GIRL SCOUT BADGES $1,000 (Daily Double): For the "collecting" hobbies badge, you might get stuck on philately & collect these items (postage) stamps |
#3907, aired 2001-09-04 | IN THE TREASURY DEPT. $1000: When it invites you up to see its etchings, you'll see stamps & dollar bills the Bureau of Engraving & Printing |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $100: Cost of the 2001 stamp seen here 34 cents |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $200: The Nobel Prize 1901-2001 stamp is a joint issue of the U.S. & this country Sweden |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $300: On the Love-Letters series, the bud of this flower is the "O" in the word love Rose |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $400: 1 of the 2 Rockwells with works featured in the American Illustrators series Norman Rockwell or Rockwell Kent |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $500: The Chinese New Year stamp for 2001 features this animal set in grass-style calligraphy Snake/serpent (2001 being the year of the snake) |
#3818, aired 2001-03-21 | HUNDREDS $300: In 2000 a roll or "coil" of 100 first-class stamps set you back this much at the post office $33 |
#3727, aired 2000-11-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: The Dept. of Agriculture began a new version of this program in 1964; by 1975 it was helping over 17 million people food stamps |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | MAY $100: Philatelists mark May 6 as the anniversary of the first use of these Stamps |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Once known as the National Society for Crippled Children, it began issuing these fund-raising stamps in 1934 Easter Seals |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $100: 100 million stamps incorrectly placing this big landmark in Colorado instead of Arizona won't be released Grand Canyon |
#3638, aired 2000-05-31 | "PHIL" IN THE ____ $400: The person seen here is an avid ____: philatelist |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | U.S. STAMPS $100: His "Legends of Hollywood" stamp is a dandy; in fact, it shows him from "Yankee Doodle Dandy" James Cagney |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | U.S. STAMPS $200: The stamps honoring the 1970s include a head shot of this TV star, species "Bigus canarius" Big Bird |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | U.S. STAMPS $300: Unusual shape of the Pacific 97 stagecoach & ship stamps Triangular |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | U.S. STAMPS $500 (Daily Double): A hare is the animal on the seventh stamp in a series commemorating this holiday Chinese New Year |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | U.S. STAMPS $500: A stamp honoring this man includes a photo of Central Park & 2 landscape plans Frederick Law Olmsted |
#3616, aired 2000-05-01 | COLLECTIBLES $200: Collectors of these may specialize in topicals or first day covers stamps |
#3590, aired 2000-03-24 | GOING POSTAL $100: On the list of the Top 10 most popular commemorative U.S. stamps, he's the only rabbit Bugs Bunny |
#3577, aired 2000-03-07 | STAMPS CELEBRATE THE 19-AUGHTS $200: This man, the inspiration for the toy on the stamp seen here, is featured on a different stamp Teddy Roosevelt |
#3577, aired 2000-03-07 | STAMPS CELEBRATE THE 19-AUGHTS $400: The ice cream cones on the stamp seen here symbolize this city's 1904 World's Fair St. Louis |
#3577, aired 2000-03-07 | STAMPS CELEBRATE THE 19-AUGHTS $600: The Sierra Club was founded by this man on the stamp seen here John Muir |
#3577, aired 2000-03-07 | STAMPS CELEBRATE THE 19-AUGHTS $800: The stamp seen here celebrates this 10-minute western film of 1903 The Great Train Robbery |
#3577, aired 2000-03-07 | STAMPS CELEBRATE THE 19-AUGHTS $1000: Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, on the stamp seen here, exemplifies this style of architecture Prairie Style |
#3562, aired 2000-02-15 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $100: The number of 4-cent stamps in a dozen 12 |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY WITH STAMPS $100: The stamp seen here representing the first decade of the 1900s features this automobile: Model T |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY WITH STAMPS $200: The 1910s are remembered on the stamp seen here for the 1914 opening of this canal: the Panama Canal |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY WITH STAMPS $300: 1920s art deco architecture is exemplified by this New York building on the stamp seen here: the Chrysler Building |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY WITH STAMPS $400: She's the lady in the blue hat on the 1930s stamp seen here: Eleanor Roosevelt |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | CELEBRATE THE CENTURY WITH STAMPS $500: The stamp seen here commemorates this "bill" of the 1940s: the GI Bill |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | 1999 EUROPEAN STAMPS $100: Albania honored this Disney character's 70th anniversary with 60-, 80-, 110- & 150-lek stamps Mickey Mouse |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | 1999 EUROPEAN STAMPS $200: An Isle of Man series honoring this group has "Night Fever", "Words" & "Massachusetts" stamps Bee Gees |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | 1999 EUROPEAN STAMPS $300: Janusz Wysocki designed this country's 1.40-zloty rollerblading stamp Poland |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | 1999 EUROPEAN STAMPS $400: A Bugatti was on the 1999 stamp honoring the 70th anniversary of this principality's Grand Prix race Monaco |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | 1999 EUROPEAN STAMPS $500: Several countries honored this "Faust" author's 250th birthday with new stamps Goethe |
#3452, aired 1999-09-14 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $200: On the 1999 stamp seen here, he's identified as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz & by this more famous name: Malcolm X |
#3452, aired 1999-09-14 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $400: He's the entertainer seen here: Scott Joplin |
#3452, aired 1999-09-14 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $600: She appeared on a 1995 Civil War stamp & the 1978 Black Heritage stamp seen here: Harriet Tubman |
#3452, aired 1999-09-14 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $800: A. Philip Randolph unionized men in this job held by the men depicted on the stamp seen here: sleeping car porters |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $200: A series on these of the '30s & '40s features the Daylight & the 20th Century Limited Trains |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $400: Lorenz Hart is featured alone but this man shares a stamp with Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $600: The fifth Legends of Hollywood stamp put him on the top of the envelope, Ma! James Cagney |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $800: He's the subject of the latest Black Heritage stamp; it's worth 33 cents, not 10 Malcolm X |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Author honored on the stamp seen here
(wrote "Atlas Shrugged") Ayn Rand |
#3388, aired 1999-05-05 | HOBBYISTS $400: Some hobbyists collect these office supply items, also a 2-word term for routine approval Rubber stamps |
#3371, aired 1999-04-12 | ALL THAT JAZZ $600: On April 29, 1986 many fans probably took the "A Train" to the post office to get stamps with his likeness Duke Ellington |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | U.S. STAMPS $200: She got "all dolled up" for the stamp seen here Raggedy Ann |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | U.S. STAMPS $400: Different types of these on stamps of the 1990s include lunch, circus & Conestoga Wagons |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | U.S. STAMPS $600: A C-54 cargo plane is on the 1998 stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of this aid mission Berlin Airlift |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: The tribute to this artist was released March 25, 1998 in Washington, D.C., not "Mobile" Alexander Calder |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | U.S. STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the Sousa march honored on the 1997 stamp seen here "The Stars and Stripes Forever" |
#3278, aired 1998-12-02 | STAR TREK $100: In July 1994 St. Vincent & the Grenadines issued a set of these honoring The Next Generation's last episode Postage stamps |
#3275, aired 1998-11-27 | COWBOY TALK $200: Western riders referred to the English style of these as postage stamps saddles |
#3233, aired 1998-09-30 | U.S. STAMPS $600: Her portrait appeared on a 1936 stamp above the caption "Suffrage For Women" Susan B. Anthony |
#3233, aired 1998-09-30 | U.S. STAMPS $800: A pair of 1975 stamps celebrated the docking of Apollo with this Russian spacecraft Soyuz |
#3233, aired 1998-09-30 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: The Kentucky statehood issue of 1942 featured a picture of this pioneer & 3 settlers Daniel Boone |
#3073, aired 1997-12-31 | NEWS STORIES OF 1997 $400: The Post Office wouldn't confirm reports that it's printing stamps with this letter, indicating a rate increase H |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | THOSE DREADED STORY PROBLEMS $100: A 20-count book of 32c stamps costs this much $6.40 |
#3009, aired 1997-10-02 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: In 1968-69 Liechtenstein issued a series of stamps honoring prominent collectors of these Stamps |
#2974, aired 1997-07-03 | 1971 $300: Postage stamps from this country weren't accepted by some others who still considered it East Pakistan Bangladesh |
#2968, aired 1997-06-25 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $100: Don't like doing this? You can use a sponge in a saucer or just lick the corner of the envelope instead Licking stamps |
#2966, aired 1997-06-23 | FILM STARS $100: To honor the 20th anniversary of "Rocky" in 1996, Gambia & 4 other nations issued stamps with this actor's likeness Sylvester Stallone |
#2939, aired 1997-05-15 | HOBBIES $400: Among the types of stamps philatelists collect are these that honor a person or event commemorative |
#2932, aired 1997-05-06 | PARDONNEZ MON FRANCAIS $600: At Le Bureau de Poste, you may buy les timbres, these Stamps |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | PEOPLE ON STAMPS $100: The small green light on this writer's stamp represents a symbol he used in "The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | PEOPLE ON STAMPS $200: Amelia Earhart appears on a 1963 issue of this type of special purpose stamp Air Mail |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | PEOPLE ON STAMPS $300: Though living presidents can't appear on U.S. stamps, this living 40th president is on Grenada's stamps Ronald Reagan |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | PEOPLE ON STAMPS $400: On June 24, 1996 this actor's stamp premiered on the Warner Bros. lot, where he made "East of Eden" James Dean |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | PEOPLE ON STAMPS $500: Tanzania wanted to print stamps honoring this Steven Tyler band but didn't, at the band's request Aerosmith |
#2877, aired 1997-02-18 | U.S. AGENCIES $600: This Treasury agency began making postage stamps in 1894 Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $200: Mighty Casey, Pecos Bill, John Henry & this lumberjack appeared on 1996 stamps honoring folk heroes Paul Bunyan |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $400: This female gymnast was featured on a 1976 stamp celebrating Romania's Olympic medalists Nadia Comaneci |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $600: A 1982 Cuban stamp commemorated the 15th anniversary of this revolutionary's death Ernesto "Che" Guevara |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $800: A U.S. stamp from 1965 commemorated the 700th anniversary of the birth of this Italian poet Dante Aligheri |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $900 (Daily Double): A recent stamp honoring this artist featured the work seen here: Georgia O'Keeffe (Red Poppy) |
#2778, aired 1996-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: Postage stamps are printed by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, a division of this cabinet dept. the Treasury |
#2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $100: This playwright was depicted on a 1995 U.S. stamp with a streetcar in the background Tennessee Williams |
#2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $200: A 1988 Israeli stamp featured this young diarist & the Amsterdam house in which she hid Anne Frank |
#2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $300: The island of St. Vincent honored this Texas pitcher, including his 5,000th strikeout Nolan Ryan |
#2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $400: For the 25th anniversary of the 1st moon landing, Bhutan issued stamps with this type of 3d image a hologram |
#2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $500: In 1977, the year of his death, Cyprus issued stamps of this archbishop in full vestments Archbishop Makarios |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $100: A 32¢ POW & MIA stamp was issued May 29, 1995, coinciding with this U.S. holiday Memorial Day |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $200: The Desert Plants series of 1981 featured an agave, & the beavertail, barrel & saguaro types of these cactus |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $300: This illustrator's picture of "Tom Sawyer Whitewashing A Fence" appeared on a 1972 stamp Norman Rockwell |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $400: A 1993 stamp for "AIDS Awareness" featured this symbol a (red) ribbon |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $500: Delicate Arch appears on a 1996 stamp celebrating this Western state's centennial Utah |
#2670, aired 1996-03-22 | "WORLD" CINEMA $200: When filming this 1956 motion picture, Cantinflas got many stamps in his "Passepartout" Around the World in 80 Days |
#2592, aired 1995-12-05 | HOBBIES $400: This term for collecting postage stamps comes in part from Greek for "exemption from payment" philately |
#2586, aired 1995-11-27 | POTPOURRI $400: Colorado Springs' museum of the American Numismatic Association has exhibits of medals & these coins |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $200: The "king" of stamps, this 1993 issue is the most popular U.S. commemorative stamp of all time the Elvis Presley stamp |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $400: Until 1947 a 16-petaled chrysanthemum appeared on nearly every postage stamp of this country Japan |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $800: Stamps & coins of this country bear the name Helvetia Switzerland |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $1000: The sale of 1903 gold coins featuring this president helped pay for his Niles, Ohio memorial McKinley |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $1,500 (Daily Double): Inscribed in both Chinese & Portuguese, coins for this territory weren't issued until 1952 Macau |
#2521, aired 1995-07-17 | LEISURE $100: You collect these if you're a philatelist stamps |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: In 1993 she was honored on commemorative stamps issued jointly by the U.S. & Monaco Princess Grace |
#2314, aired 1994-09-29 | WORLD MAIL $400: Stamps bearing the word Sverige are issued in this country Sweden |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | FIRSTS $200: Made by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, these were available in rolls for the first time in 1908 stamps |
#2239, aired 1994-05-05 | POTPOURRI $800: His watercolor paintings were put on 1994 British stamps to celebrate his investiture's 25th anniversary the Prince of Wales (Prince Charles) |
#2194, aired 1994-03-03 | INVENTIONS $100: If Rowland Hill hadn't come up with the idea for these, philatelists would have nothing to collect stamps |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS $100: A stamp honoring this smallest state was issued May 29, 1990, the 200th anniversary of its statehood Rhode Island |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS $200: A 17¢ stamp issued in 1986 depicts one of these sleds—mush! a dog sled |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS $300: In 1991 a 19¢ stamp paid tribute to the centennial of this Manhattan concert hall Carnegie Hall |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS $400: A 1988 stamp commemorated Mary Cassatt, who made a good "impression" in this profession painting |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS $500: This woman who wrote, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord" appears on a 14¢ stamp Julia Ward Howe |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $200: You needn't lick these postal items; use a burned-out light bulb in a dish of water to wet them stamps |
#2124, aired 1993-11-25 | VOCABULARY $100: It's what you call the punched holes on a sheet of postage stamps Perforations |
#2048, aired 1993-06-30 | POT LUCK $500: In 1993 people sent letters with these stamps to fake addresses so they would be marked "return to sender" the Elvis stamps |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $200: A 1974 stamp celebrating this tale showed the headless horseman in pursuit of Ichabod Crane "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $400: A mortar & pestle & an Rx symbol are featured on a 1972 stamp honoring this profession pharmacy |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $600: As a tribute to WWII Marines, the Post Office issued a 1945 stamp depicting this event the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $800: In 1991 a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of this sport was issued in Springfield, Mass. basketball |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: This late California governor & U.S. Chief Justice was honored on a postage stamp in 1992 (Earl) Warren |
#1861, aired 1992-10-12 | SCULPTURE $200: This president's profile on three postage stamps was copied from a bust sculpted by Jean Houdon in 1785 George Washington |
#1786, aired 1992-05-11 | MAY DAY $500: On May 1, 1840 penny blacks, which are these, went on sale in England; today they're worth a fortune stamps |
#1782, aired 1992-05-05 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: In 1990, 393 of these were licked & affixed in 4 minutes by John Kenmuir of Scotland (postage) stamps |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $1000: These 3 languages appear on Israeli coins & postage stamps English, Hebrew & Arabic |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $200: The Jamestown Exposition set of 1907 included a 5-cent stamp of this Indian maiden Pocahontas |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $400: In 1861 Wells Fargo & Co. issued a stamp for this new service Pony Express |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $600: A 3-cent stamp of 1956 honored the 50th anniversary of this Wyoming national monument Devil's Tower |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $800: In 1989 a record $1.1 million was paid for a block of 1918 stamps with an inverted image of this an airplane |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the classic films honored by U.S. stamps in 1990 2 of (Gone with the Wind, Stage Coach, The Wizard of Oz, and Beau Geste) |
#1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $1000: A part of the Treasury, this agency designs & issues postage stamps & Federal Reserve notes the Bureau of Printing & Engraving |
#1565, aired 1991-05-24 | TOYS & GAMES $100: How you pay for your "stamps" in the game of post office kisses |
#1528, aired 1991-04-03 | COMMON BONDS $200: Rubber, green,
postage stamps |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $200: Englishman Kim Philby was 1 of 5 top spies this country honored on stamps in 1990 the Soviet Union |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | QUOTES $300: An anonymous wag defined a king as "a highly paid model for" these "sticky things" Postage Stamps |
#1419, aired 1990-11-01 | STAMP COLLECTING $400: Some people collect only these envelopes with stamps cancelled on the first day of issue first-day covers |
#1329, aired 1990-05-17 | LEFTOVERS $400: Numismatics is the collection & study of coins & this is the collection & study of stamps Philately |
#1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Country which is the native habitat of the flightless bird seen here: New Zealand (Kiwi) |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ISLANDS $800: A large "bounty" to the residents of this island is the money they receive from the sale of stamps Pitcairn Island |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | STAMPS $200: The earliest form of this was made from vegetable starch the glue on stamps (the adhesive) |
#1215, aired 1989-12-08 | THE 20TH CENTURY $700 (Daily Double): Britain issued only 4 different postage stamps during the reign of this king Edward VIII |
#1213, aired 1989-12-06 | DELAWARE $400: In 1907 these seasonal stamps were sold for the 1st time in the U.S. in Delaware Christmas Seals |
#1164, aired 1989-09-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: On March 3, 1847 Congress authorized the 1st ones of these, & with adhesive backs to boot Postage Stamps |
#1008, aired 1989-01-11 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $300: For year after her death in 1952, all newly issued Argentine stamps had her picture Eva Perón |
#987, aired 1988-12-13 | ISLANDS $1,000 (Daily Double): On its stamps, the name of this island country is spelled "I-S-L-A-N-D" Iceland |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | POT LUCK $100: The only place in the U.S. where you can use its stamps for postage is at its post office in New York City United Nations |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWITZERLAND $1000: This Latin name for Switzerland appears on Swiss postage stamps Helvetia |
#905, aired 1988-07-08 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: Stamps with this on them were 1st available in 1847 glue |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $100: Quarters & dimes as well as the coin nicknamed for this 28th element are now made with it the nickel |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $200: The world's 1st airmail stamp was privately issued in 1877 for mail to be carried on 1 of these a hot air balloon |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $300: Coins bearing a "W" & honoring the 1984 L.A. Olympics were minted at this New York site West Point |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $400: Term of identification for coins with mirror-like surfaces struck especially for collectors proof coins |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $500: U.S. first day covers are envelopes whose stamps bear the prized cancellation with these 4 words first day of issue |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | MARY ELLEN SAYS $100: To avoid the taste of glue when applying postage stamps, lick this instead of the stamp the envelope |
#781, aired 1988-01-18 | STAMPS & COINS $100: Of penny, nickel or dime, the only one written on the current coin it represents the dime |
#781, aired 1988-01-18 | STAMPS & COINS $200: Honoring her 60th birthday in 1986, England put one of her baby pictures on a stamp Queen Elizabeth II |
#781, aired 1988-01-18 | STAMPS & COINS $300: Term for a special coin minted to honor a specific event a commemorative |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: They do this to stamps so you can separate them easily perforate |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $100: That darn narcissist Ptolemy I was 1st to put this on a coin his face |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $200: U.S. coins with a mint mark "S" were minted in this city San Francisco |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $300: Commemorative with her portrait issued for 1892 Expo is only U.S. coin depicting a Spanish monarch Queen Isabella |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $400: "The Penny Black", on May 6, 1840 in Great Britain the first postage stamp issued |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $500: 1909 was the last year this U.S. 1¢ coin was issued the Indian-head penny |
#738, aired 1987-11-18 | STAMPS & COINS $500: Till caught in 1987, CIA employees plotted to profit from a poster misprint featuring this design Candleholder |
#704, aired 1987-10-01 | STAMPS & COINS $200: Records go back to the 4th cent. B.C. of people found guilty of dealing in this counterfeiting |
#704, aired 1987-10-01 | STAMPS & COINS $400: Decade in which the price of 1st-class postage stamps in U.S. broke into double digits by going up to 10¢ 1970s |
#689, aired 1987-09-10 | THE POST OFFICE $300: The reuse of these is punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment stamps |
#686, aired 1987-09-07 | FACTS & FIGURES $500: In 1986, this kitchen appliance costing only 5 books was S&H Green Stamps' most popular item an electric can opener |
#658, aired 1987-06-17 | STAMPS & COINS $100: Of a philatelist, philanthropist, or numismatist, the 1 that isn't by definition, a collector of stamps or coins philanthropist |
#658, aired 1987-06-17 | STAMPS & COINS $200: In coin catalogues, unc. stands for this uncirclulated |
#658, aired 1987-06-17 | STAMPS & COINS $300: 1 of the most valuable errors in U.S. stamps was a 1918 24¢ airmail stamp with the plane in this position upside-down |
#658, aired 1987-06-17 | STAMPS & COINS $400: Color of R.S. Yeoman's standard reference work giving retail prices of U.S. coins red |
#612, aired 1987-04-14 | STAMPS $200: French for "head to foot", a tete-beche error occurs when 1 stamp in a series is printed this way upside-down |
#612, aired 1987-04-14 | STAMPS $400: Name for any mark, such as a postmark, applied to a stamp on a letter to prevent its reuse cancellation mark |
#612, aired 1987-04-14 | STAMPS $600: From Greek for "loving exemption from payment", it's the study & collection of postage stamps philately |
#612, aired 1987-04-14 | STAMPS $800: Among the most complete stamp collections in the U.S.is that which this famous cardinal collected Cardinal Spellman |
#554, aired 1987-01-22 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: Panama issued postage stamps to commemorate this, broadcast live worldwide from Panama City, in 1986 the Miss Universe pageant |
#514, aired 1986-11-27 | POSTAL HISTORY $300: In 1840, the 1st adhesive stamps were issued in England in 1 & 2 pence denominations with her portrait Queen Victoria |
#506, aired 1986-11-17 | INVENTIONS $200: After seeing employees filch stamps, Arthur Pitney developed this type of machine postage meter |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500 (Daily Double): In 1896, Thomas Sperry & Shelly Hutchinson started 1st independent Co. to provide these trading stamps |
#502, aired 1986-11-11 | POST OFFICE $100: Any issued in the U.S. since 1860 are valid to use on letters postage stamps |
#455, aired 1986-06-06 | ENTERTAINMENT NEWS $200: Protocol derailed British Virgin Islands' plans to issue postage stamps honoring this "Thriller" Michael Jackson |
#406, aired 1986-03-31 | COLLECTIBLES $400: This postal product is claimed to be 3rd largest collecting hobby postcards |
#373, aired 1986-02-12 | FIRSTS $400: 1st U.S. stamps with these were issued in 1857, making them a lot easier to get apart paper separations (perforations) |
#371, aired 1986-02-10 | MINI-COUNTRIES $500: 80% of San Marino's gross national product comes from tourism & the sale of these postage stamps |
#266, aired 1985-09-16 | U.S.A. $400 (Daily Double): In 1918, the Post Office issued stamps in 6¢, 16¢ & 24¢ denominations for this new service air mail |
#157, aired 1985-04-16 | NOSTALGIA $300: Thomas Sperry began giving one of these for every 10¢ spent by a customer in 1896 green stamps (trading stamps) |
#141, aired 1985-03-25 | EASY MATH $200: Number of first-class stamps in a $20 roll a hundred |