NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million (5.6 million pounds) at Sotheby's on Tuesday.
Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp got licked in a much anticipated auction this morning. The diminutive wisp of paper was expected to set a new world ...
WASHINGTON — The world’s rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian Institution ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A ...
The most valuable stamp in the world, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta, failed to set yet another world record at auction. Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on ...