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

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    According to the New York Times, a plate block of four sold for $4.9 million at auction that day in 2021, about $2 million more than its last reported sale price. The misprinted stamp, which ...

  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. British Guiana 1c magenta - Wikipedia

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    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 issued in the United Kingdom or British Commonwealth that is not represented ...

  5. List of postage stamps - Wikipedia

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    Two pence blue – Issued for second rate step, at the same time as Penny Black. VR official – First official stamp. Prince Consort Essay. Penny Red – Improved follow-ons to the Penny Black. Archer Roulette – Experimental separation of stamps. Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum – Withdrawn before issue, but one used. Postal Union Congress £1 stamp.

  6. 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.

  7. War savings stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States Treasury Department issued its first war savings stamps in late 1917 in order to help pay for the costs incurred through involvement in World War I. The estimated cost of World War I for the United States was approximately $32 billion, and by the end of the war, the United States government had issued a total of $26.4 billion ...

  8. Comic Strip Classics - Wikipedia

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    The Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps was issued by the United States Postal Service on October 1, 1995, to honor the centennial of the newspaper comic strip. [1] The 20 stamps all are listed in the Scott catalogue as No. 3000 for a pane and 3000a through 3000t for the individual stamps.

  9. 10 Items From the 1980s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    Barbies have been around for decades, but there are a few from the 1980s that are worth a pile of cash. The 1988 Happy Holidays Barbie is worth an estimated $2,000. Other Barbies of that time ...