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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 2024.
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The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside Down Jenny, Jenny Invert) is a 24 cent United States postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918, in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of the design is printed upside-down; it is one of the most famous errors in American philately.
Part of the American Philatelic Center’s exhibit is a display with 11 million stamps behind a barbed wire fence, symbolizing the estimated 11 million murdered during the Holocaust.
Probably the most valuable mass-marketed View Master reels are the "mushroom" reels: A complete 33-reel album of "Mushrooms in their Natural Habitats" can sell for over $1,000 today.
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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 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 ...