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Why rare stamps have become so valuable
The Economist (blog) ON JUNE 17th the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp, the only surviving example of a penny issue printed in the South American British colony in 1856, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's, a large auction house, in New York. Each of the three times … Rich history adds millions in value to old, cheap stamp |
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