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British Guiana one-cent magenta stamp could fetch $20m at auction


The Guardian - 26-Mar-2014

1856 stamp, the only one of its kind known to exist, will be most valuable object by weight and size ever sold, says Sotheby's A one-cent magenta postage stamp printed in what was then British Guiana in 1856 is expected to fetch a record price of $10m-$20m (£6m-£12m), Sotheby's has said. The stamp is being sold by the estate of John du Pont, a chemical company heir who died aged 72 in 2010 in a Pennsylvania...


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