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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.
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.
It sold for a mind-boggling $9.5 million in 2014. In hopes of deterring counterfeits, the stamp carries the initials of postal clerk Edmond D. Wight. ... The world’s first adhesive postage stamp ...
Case in point: A rare British Guiana stamp that fetched nearly $10 million ($9.5 million to be exact) at auction. For collectors, acquiring rare stamps can feel like treasure hunting — and the ...
On November 15, 2023 an inverted Jenny stamp was sold to a collector, Charles Hack, at a New York Auction for two-million dollars, the highest bid ever made on this rarity. [30] In 1982 the Scott catalogue value for a single invert was $145,000. [31]
The National Philatelic Collection is a collection of nearly six million postage stamps, revenue stamps, and related items, owned by the United States Government and managed by the Smithsonian Institution. It is housed within the National Postal Museum and a portion of the collection is on display in the museum's National Stamp Salon. The ...