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The world’s rarest stamp is returning to Britain after 143 years. The British Guiana 1c Magenta, printed in 1856, is described as ‘the Mona Lisa of the stamp world’. Stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons paid £6.2million ($8.3million) for it at auction Read More
Royal Mail is marking 70 years of comic character Dennis the Menace with a new set of postage stamps. The designs are based on strips from Beano comics through the ages, featuring memorable moments of mischief by the perennial naughty Read More
Postmaster General Norman “Mr. Postman” Fulgencio leads for the issuance of a postage stamp to Ms. Yuka Saso, the first Filipino who won the prestigious US Women Open Golf Championship in San Francisco California USA. “This is our own little Read More
A 1933 Double Eagle gold coin sold for a record-setting $18.9 million at auction in New York on Tuesday, and the world’s rarest stamp went for $8.3 million. The coin, the only 1933 Double Eagle ever allowed to be privately owned, was Read More
The British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp is displayed at Sotheby’s in London June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett The sale of the world’s most expensive postage stamp will test the value of shared ownership. London-listed philatelic specialist Stanley Gibbons Read More