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2. 10 Vintage Stamps That Are Worth Serious Dough - AOL

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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 ...

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.

4. 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. ... in 1856 and today only one copy is known to exist. ... U.S. stamp sale prices when the Mystic ...

5. Cancelled-to-order - Wikipedia

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   To make more sales, the stamps must be inexpensive, but if the issuing postal service prices them below face value, commercial mailers could use them to save money by routing their mail through the issuing country, financially hurting the issuer. So these countries issue most of their collector stamps as CTOs. It is easy to recognize such stamps.

6. Twice This Year Already: Why the Cost of a Stamp Keeps Rising

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   In July 2022, the price of a Forever stamp was raised to 60 cents, and on Jan. 22, 2023, it was raised to 63 cents. As the U.S. Postal Service continues to find its way out of a $1 billion debt ...

7. Philatelic investment - Wikipedia

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   This happened in the 1970s when a speculative bubble was followed by a collapse in prices. [12] Stamps do not generate any interest or dividends. It may be impossible to determine the current market value of the stamps without selling them. Stamps packaged as "investment portfolios" may be charged at prices higher than their normal market value.