Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp got licked in a much anticipated auction this morning. The diminutive wisp of paper was expected to set a new world ...

Blemished, battered and cut, the "British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta" is a stamp with a twisty tale to tell, one that begins in the hands of a young Scottish boy and passes through the hands ...

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 boy in 1873. It sold for a mind-boggling $9.5 ...

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum To see in person the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta—better known as “the rarest stamp in the world”—is a bit like looking at a red-wine stain or ...

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 ...

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. The hefty price, which includes the ...

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after being sold at auction to a British rare stamp dealer. The British Guiana 1c Magenta was bought by rare stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons last month. The dealer said that, gram for gram ...

British Guiana stamp worth one cent from the year 1856 was sold at US$9.5 million (Rp113,5 billion) in Sotheby's auction. TEMPO.CO, New York - A piece of British Guiana stamp worth one cent from the ...

The British Guiana stamp was owned by du Pont chemical empire heir John du Pont A very rare 19th Century postage stamp from a former British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5m (£ ...

A Sotheby's staff removes the British Guiana stamp from its case at Sotheby's in Manhattan, New York June 9, 2014. The stamp, being called the world's most famous, is estimated to sell for $10-20 ...

The all-time record for a stamp sold belongs to a one-cent magenta British Guiana stamp, which sold for over $8 million previously. Gross acquired the highly coveted stamp in 2003 by trading a 24 ...