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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. [note 1 ...
Low value definitives, 1873–80 (coloured corner letters) Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880–81. Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stamp. High value definitives, 2/6 to £1 1883–84. Lilac and Green low value definitives 1883. Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887–92.
1. Face value. 1c. Estimated value. US$8,307,000 (last sale, 8 June 2021, including buyer's premium) [1][2] The British Guiana 1c magenta is regarded by many philatelists as the world's most famous rare stamp. [3][4] It was issued in limited numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856, and only one specimen is now known to exist.
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.
From 2002, Stanley Gibbons compiled a SG100 Stamp Index based on retail and auction prices for the "top 100 most frequently traded stamps" in the world. The index appeared on the list of the Bloomberg service but was discontinued and given heritage status. In 2004 they also launched an index of 30 rare British stamps. [9]
Castles (Not a Commemorative issue, the 2nd set of 'Pictorial' High Value Definitives) Four (10s and £1 first issued 1 September, 2s 6d and 5s first issued 23 September) 1957. 1 August 1957. World Scout Jubilee Jamboree. Three (2 + 1⁄2 d, 4d, 1s 3d) 12 September 1957. 46th Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference.