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

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    They were already selling for more than $1 million by the 1970s and, in 2021, an original series Mauritius became the world's most expensive postage stamp when it sold for $9.6 million.

  3. 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 ...

  4. The rarest US stamp is going up for auction. It’s ... - AOL

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    The stamp is famous for its fascinating details, and could fetch up to $5 million ... which would make it the single most expensive US stamp ever sold. ... The stamp came on the market in 1975 ...

  5. British Guiana 1c magenta - Wikipedia

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    US$8,307,000 (last sale, 8 June 2021, including buyer's premium) [1] [2] The British Guiana 1c magenta is regarded by many philatelists as the world's most famous rare stamp. [3] [4] It was issued in limited numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856, and only one specimen is now known to exist. It is the only major postage stamp ever ...

  6. Are Forever Stamps Worth the Investment? - AOL

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    Because the U.S. Postal Service has raised its rates on stamps twice in 2021 and 2022, equaling a rate hike of about 6.5% overall, it makes sense to wonder if Forever Stamps could be a good ...

  7. 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.

  8. National Philatelic Collection (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The National Philatelic Collection is a collection of nearly six million postage stamps, revenue stamps, and related items, owned by the United States Government and managed by the Smithsonian Institution. It is housed within the National Postal Museum and a portion of the collection is on display in the museum's National Stamp Salon.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

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