Переведите текст на русский язык Stamp Curiosities и задайте к нему 3 вопроса и ответьте на него. The first stamp in the world was an English stamp. It was made in 1840 to pay the postage on letters going to different parts of the country. But why do people all over the world collect stamps? The answer is very simple. Stamps are always interesting because they have pictures on them of the countries they came from; pictures of animals and birds living in jungles or on far-away islands; and pictures showing the peoples of different countries, dressed in their national costumes. A stamp-collection is not only a good textbook of history and geography. It is also a source of information on many other subjects. Stamp-collecting helps people from all continents to become friends and get to know each other better. Sometimes there are mistakes on stamps, but you will see them only if you know geography, history, music and many other things as well. Here are some examples. The St. Kitts and Nevis stamp, issued in 1903, shows Christopher Columbus looking through a telescope, an instrument which was unknown in his day! The Newfoundland stamp, issued in 1886, shows a seal on an icefloe. It looks like any other seal till you look at its front legs and see that it has feet instead of flippers. For a long time collectors who have a knowledge of zoology thought that this was another stamp mistake. However it was discovered that the great Grey Seal of Newfoundland really has forefeet instead of flippers. The artist had been right after all. On a German stamp, issued in 1956 in commemoration of the composer Schumann, the music printed on the stamp was not written by Schumann. It was written by another German composer Schubert. Stamp-collectors knowing music well saw the mistake at once. The post-offices stopped selling these stamps and today one can be found only in a few collections.