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'Mona Lisa' of postage stamps is again world's most expensivePress HeraldDavid Beech, a longtime curator at the British Library who retired last year, has compared it to buying the “Mona Lisa” of the world's most prized stamps. The last owner was John E. du Pont, an heir to the du …

North Korea releases World Cup postage stampsGlobalPostNorth Korea has released a set of postage stamps to mark the World Cup in Brazil, state media reported Wednesday, reflecting the high popularity of the sport in the reclusive state. The sheet of postage stamps and three single commemorative stamps… More: continued here

Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), June 18 (ANI): The Department of Philately in Uttar Pradesh has successfully boosted the sale of the commemorative FIFA World Cup stamp. Not only are stamp collectors enthusiastic about buying them, the youth and school going children are also ecstatic about buying these stamps. More: continued here

New York Times Stamp Sells for a Record $9.5 MillionNew York TimesA tiny square of very old red paper with cut corners — a one-cent postage stamp from the 19th century — sold for $9.5 million on Tuesday, the most ever paid for a stamp at auction, but $500,000 short …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) — Pos Malaysia Berhad is releasing a special stamp collection and other philatelic products to commemorate the grand opening of the World Scout Bureau Kuala Lumpur Office today. More: continued here

Reuters Rare British Guiana stamp sells for record $9.5 millionReutersThe hefty price, which includes the buyer's premium, makes the one-inch by one-and-a-quarter-inch stamp (2.5 cm by 3.2 cm) printed in black on magenta paper the most expensive stamp ever sold at auction, and the most valuable object by weight and …

Fox News One-cent stamp from 1856 sold at auction for $9.5MFox NewsNEW YORK – A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world's most valuable stamp— again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at auction in New York for $9.5 …

The Economist explains Why rare stamps have become so valuableThe 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 …

CBS News Rare 1-cent stamp sells for $9.5 millionCBS NewsNEW YORK – A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world's most valuable stamp – again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at auction in New York for $9.5 million, …

World's Rarest Stamp To Have Guard at Tonight's AuctionABC News (blog)A postage stamp described as “the Mona Lisa” and “the Mount Everest” of stamp collecting for the past 100 years could fetch as much as $20 million in an auction tonight at Sotheby's Auction House in New York. The British …