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A rare 19th century stamp from one of Britain’s former colonies has made history after being sold at auction for $9.5million (£5.6million) – becoming the most expensive item ever made in ...

Many of the most valuable stamps in the world were issued in the UK. And if you're lucky enough to be in possession of one of the rarest, you could earn yourself up to £500,000 by trading it in.

Known as the world’s most valuable and rare stamp, this unique piece was produced during a stamp shortage in British Guiana. Only one copy is known to exist, discovered by a 12-year-old Scottish ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday.

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The British Guiana 1c Magenta was bought by rare stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons last month. The dealer said that, gram for gram, the stamp is thought to be the most valuable man-made item in the world.

British Guiana is remembered for issuing a stamp that became the most valuable in the world, the one-cent Magenta of 1856. The last time the Magenta came on the market, in 1990, it was auctioned ...

What are the most valuable stamps in the world? “The rarest and most valuable stamp in the world is the British Guiana 1c Magenta,” says online auction platform Catawiki.

Two of the most coveted items in stamp-collecting and one of the world’s rarest coins could break auction records within minutes of one another.