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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] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the item ...
In 1897 a shortage of 3-aurar stamps led to the overprinting of 5-aurur stamps with þrir or þrir / 3; these are rare, and unfortunately excellent counterfeits have been produced. In 1902 the numeral stamps were officially withdrawn and declared invalid for postage, since a new set depicting King Christian IX was to be issued. [ 1 ]
1.3 Brazil. 1.4 Canada. 1.5 China. 1.6 France. ... considered the most valuable stamp of Ceylon; ... List of most expensive philatelic items;
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.
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In 1898, the post office was moved to a stone building, previously a school (built in 1882), at Pósthússtræti 3. It then became the first telephone exchange and headquarters of Iceland Telecom from 1906 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1965 it was a police station. The building was returned to Iceland Post in 1965. [5]
The Scandinavian Collectors Club is a United States–based philatelic society dedicated to the collection and study of the postage stamps and postal history of the Scandinavia region, including the geographical regions of Åland, Aunus, the Danish West Indies, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Karelia, North Ingermanland, Norway, Slesvig, and Sweden.
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