From: jaSPAMc@gbr.online.com   
      
   Well you can safely tell your 'quizmaster' they're "full of it"!   
      
   Relying upon a (single?) source with wrong information isn't a proper   
   quiz.   
      
   FWIW: SG (and any other cat I have) lists this issue as "Rose-Red" or   
   "Rose" being the shades. (SG: 48, 49; Vic Spec: G4; Scott: 58;   
   Stoneham V49-V50; Morley {no #}.)   
      
   On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 23:28:06 +0100, "Shiela S"    
   found these unused words floating about:   
      
   >Just thought you might be interested - who is right? I tend to think you   
   are...   
   >   
   >The quiz has now closed and the answer is given as:   
   >1. When was the First British halfpenny postage stamp in lilac issued?   
   >October 1st 1870   
   >   
   >A google search brings up only one reference to this at http://   
   ww.andibradley.com/whatya/oct01.htm   
   >where it states : Oct. 1st 1870 - The first British halfpenny postage stamp,   
   in lilac, was issued.   
   >   
   >Thanks for your help   
   >Shiela S   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >"David F."  wrote in message news:3f74282   
   _2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...   
   >| > It just occurs to me that this might be a *trick* question in that it may   
   be referrring to a ½   
   >| *new* pence stamp?   
   >| >   
   >| > Shiela S   
   >| >   
   >|   
   >| The only GB Decimal 1/2 pence stamps issued were in "Turquoise-Blue" NOT   
   Lilac!   
   >|   
   >| They were first issued on 15-02-1971 (known as 'D'-day now, for   
   'Decimalisation').   
   >|   
   >| Could the Quizmaster be colour-blind?   
   >|   
   >| David.   
   >|   
   >|   
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