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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.
Auction prices for genuine Constantine rubles rose from US$41,000 in 1964 to $200,000 in 1974 but in 1981 plummeted to $51,000. [23] One of Schubert rubles was resold in 2004 for $525,000. The auction company claimed that it was then the highest price record for a non-US coin.
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Only four complete sheets of 25 exist, including one in the state collection of the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [1] [2] As promoted by the Museum, "the celebrated Red Army Soldier of the 1922–23 standard issue is a well known world class rarity."
The star of the collection is a "Z Grill" stamp from 1868 that has a face value of one cent and is expected to fetch $4 million-$5 million, which also would also mark a new record for a U.S. stamp.
Fearing similar litigation, auction website eBay enacted new guidelines regarding the sale of Nazi memorabilia in 2003. eBay's policies prohibit items relating to Nazi media propaganda, items made after 1933 that contains a swastika, Nazi reproduction items such as uniforms, and all Holocaust-related products. Memorabilia such as coins, stamps ...
Aug. 18—John Krist has been a collector since he was 13. Forty-five years later, Krist has amassed a wonderful collection of Roman coins. "It's easier today than it was 20 years ago to collect ...