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2. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [ 1][ 2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [ note 1 ...

3. Philatelic investment - Wikipedia

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   Sold in June 2014 at Sotheby's for $9.48 million. Philatelic investment is investment in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit. Philatelic investment was popular during the 1970s but then fell out of favour following a speculative bubble and prices of rare stamps took many years to recover.

4. List of people on the postage stamps of the United States

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   This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and ...

5. Check Your Attic: These Stamps Are Worth Millions - AOL

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   One is permanently locked in the New York Public Library's Miller Collection. The other set a record for U.S. stamp sale prices when the Mystic Stamp Company purchased it for $935,000 in 1998 ...

6. Washington Bicentennial stamps of 1932 - Wikipedia

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   The Washington Bicentennial stamps of 1932 are postage stamps issued by the United States government in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of U.S. President George Washington 's birth. Twelve stamps were issued as a collection, with each one depicting the President in a different period in his life. The series was designed by Bureau of ...

7. National Philatelic Collection (United States) - Wikipedia

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   A large number of the specimens in the National Philatelic Collection have great value and, in 1986, the curators of the collection refused to participate in Ameripex 86 – an exhibition in Rosemont, Illinois, described by Linn's Stamp News as "one of the greatest international stamp exhibitions ever held" – after show organizers refused ...