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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.
They were already selling for more than $1 million by the 1970s and, in 2021, an original series Mauritius became the world's most expensive postage stamp when it sold for $9.6 million.
With its sale in June 2014 to Stuart Weitzman for $9,480,000, [1] [2] the 1c magenta has broken the world record for a single stamp auction price a total of four times. [7] The 2014 auction also made it the most expensive item, by weight and size, ever sold in history. [7]
As a result, of the most expensive stamps, especially the dollar values, only a small number were sold. Unsold stamps were destroyed after the Columbian Issue was removed from sale on April 12, 1894. In all, the American Banknote Company printed more than 2 billion Columbian stamps with a total face value exceeding $40 million.
But the finest specimens from the most carefully curated and best-preserved collections are worth millions. Meet the 10 most expensive collectibles in the world. 1962 Amazing Fantasy No. 15. $3.6 ...
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The British Guiana 1c magenta is one of the rarest, and most valuable, stamps in the world. Sold in June 2014 at Sotheby's for $9.48 million. Philatelic investment is investment in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit. Philatelic investment was popular during the 1970s but then fell out of favour following a ...
The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp, said to be the sole survivor of its kind, can be viewed at Sotheby’s auction house in Mayfair. ‘World’s most valuable stamp’ goes on show in ...