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The One-Cent Magenta Comes to Market
No stamp is rarer than the sole-surviving example of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta [Scott #13], a unique yet unassuming penny issue from 1856, and no stamp is more valuable: each of the three times it has been sold at auction, it has established a new record price for a single stamp. [At present, however, it has been surpassed by other stamps—see Sotheby’s footnotes—but if it sells for even half the low end of the presale estimate, it will once again be the world’s most valuable stamp. JFD.] The British Guiana is equally notable for its legacy, having been rediscovered by a 12-year-old Scottish boy living in South America in 1873, and from there passing through some of the most important stamp collections ever assembled. The British Guiana has not been on view publicly since the 1986, when it was exhibited at Ameripex ’86 International Stamp Show in Chicago. The stamp will travel this spring to locations including… Continue reading "The One-Cent Magenta Comes to Market" [PDF Document] |
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