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Revenue stamps of Guyana refer to the various revenue or fiscal stamps, whether adhesive, directly embossed or otherwise, which have been issued by Guyana since its independence in 1966. Prior to independence, the country was known as British Guiana , and it had issued its own revenue stamps since the 19th century.
A 2003 stamp of Guyana. Guyana became independent from Great Britain on 26 May 1966 and began producing its own stamps as an independent nation from that date. [1] Previously the country was British Guiana and had printed stamps. In 1969, some issues were put on the market cancelled to order in such a way as to be indistinguishable from genuine ...
Plans to issue a set of revenue stamps depicting the monarch George VI were made in 1939, but the order was cancelled because of World War II. The ship design of 1889–1911 remained in use until the 1940s, and the country issued no more revenue-only stamps until after independence (see Revenue stamps of Guyana).
The stamp was owned by Peter Winter, who is widely known for producing many forgeries of classic philatelic items, [37] printed as facsimiles on modern paper. The stamp was twice examined and found to be a fake by the Royal Philatelic Society London. In their opinion, this specimen is an altered 4c magenta stamp. [36] [38]
Postage stamps of Britain were used in those days at Georgetown (Demerara) and Berbice. The first adhesive stamps produced by British Guiana were issued in 1850. British Guiana is famous among philatelists for its early postage stamps, some of them considered to be among the rarest, most expensive stamps in the world.
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.
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