【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It"s an exciting hobby.
You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really? I didn"t know that.
I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver.
How much was the usual charge?
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here"s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
When were the first postage stamps issued?
[考点] 细节理解
[解析] 对话中男士说“You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840”，故选A。