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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. This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Royal Philatelic Collection - Wikipedia

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    Royal Philatelic Collection. The catalogue of the collection, published 1952, here shown in the deluxe leather bound edition out of the slip-case. The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British royal family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the ...

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

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    The first Mauritius edition was printed with 500 red and 500 blue stamps, each worth one penny. ... the world's most expensive postage stamp when it sold for $9.6 million. ... values the stamp at ...

  6. 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.

  7. What Makes a Postage Stamp Worth $15 Million? - AOL

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    If you get a thrill out of police auctions or even eBay, these victories from bidding wars and the stories behind them will blow your mind, including art that sold for $450 million.

  8. List of British postage stamps - Wikipedia

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    Low value definitives, 1873–80 (coloured corner letters) Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880–81. Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stamp. High value definitives, 2/6 to £1 1883–84. Lilac and Green low value definitives 1883. Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887–92.

  9. Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps

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    The 5-cent Franklin and the 10-cent Washington postage stamps issued in 1847 were the first postage stamps issued and authorized for nationwide postal duty by the U.S. Post Office. The firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson of New York City were given a four-year contract to print the first U.S. postage stamps in 1847.

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