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World's Most Famous Stamp Auctioned For a Billion Times Its Original Value
The world's most famous stamp, a one cent magenta, British Guiana, fetched a record price of USD 9.5 million, nearly a billion times its original face value at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
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Rare stamp could bring millions at US auction
Three times in its long history, the 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has broken the auction record for a single stamp. Now, it's poised to become the world's most valuable stamp again.
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World's Most Famous Stamp Auctioned For a Billion Times Its Original Value
The world's most famous stamp, a one cent magenta, British Guiana, fetched a record price of USD 9.5 million, nearly a billion times its original face value at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
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Rare stamp could bring millions at US auction
Three times in its long history, the 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has broken the auction record for a single stamp. Now, it's poised to become the world's most valuable stamp again.
