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Known as the world’s most valuable and rare stamp, this unique piece was produced during a stamp shortage in British Guiana. Only one copy is known to exist, discovered by a 12-year-old Scottish ...
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.
1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta. $9.48 million. Known to philatelists as the "Mona Lisa of stamps," the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta is the world's most famous rare stamp.
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A philatelic auction, or stamp auction, is a sale of stamps, covers and other philatelic material usually run by stamp dealers or specialist collectibles auctioneers, such as David Feldman, Christie's and Sotheby's, where prospective purchasers place bids in an attempt to obtain the desired items.
The stamp is today regarded as rare, with one being sold at an auction in 2009 for HK$3.68 million (US$475,000, £290,000). [3] More recent auction realisations have been lower at £31050 in December 2010 (Stanley Gibbons), HK$747,500 (£60,300) at InterAsia's September 2011 sale, [1] US$57,000 in 2014 in Germany, US$445,000 in 2014 in Hong ...