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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.
Pennsylvania's paper currency, secured by land, generally maintained its value against gold from 1723 until the revolution broke out in 1775. [9] This depreciation of colonial currency was harmful to creditors in Great Britain when colonists paid their debts with money that had lost value. The British parliament passed several currency acts to ...
The United States started issuing its own banknotes in 1776, denominated in Continental Currency, after the start of the American Revolutionary War and the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. While no legislation authorizing a dollar coin has been discovered, no resolutions from July 22, 1776, through September 26, 1778 ...
One dollar will be worth a lot more than that — as a rare 1776 continental dollar coin is set to go to auction next month. Wotton Auction Rooms told CBS News in an email that one of its clients ...
However, you shouldn't throw your old stamps away just yet -- they may be worth a lot of money. You may not be aware, but stamp collecting is an extremely popular hobby, and some collectors are ...
The 1-cent drop-letter rate was also restored, and Post Office plans did not at first include a stamp for it; later, however, an essay for a 6-cent Franklin double-weight stamp was converted into a drop-letter value. Along with this 1¢ stamp, the post office initially issued only two additional denominations in the series of 1851: 3¢ and 12 ...
In 1985's "Brewster's Millions," Richard Pryor's character bought a rare Inverted Jenny stamp for $1.25 million -- then he stuck it on a postcard and mailed it. Montgomery Brewster did that on ...
July 22, 1776 [9] November 2, 1776 [10] 1777. Denomination Obverse Reverse Date $2 May 20, 1777 [11] $3 February 26, 1777 [12] May 20, 1777 [11] $4