Popyrus | Heritage
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| Penny Black |
10. Penny Black:
The visage of Queen Victoria of England appears on this stamp. This
stamp is unique because it was taken off the market that same year due to the
difficulty of printing black on the stamp's background. The British Postal
Museum exhibits the ones that are currently in existence.
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| Basel Dove |
9. Basel Dove:
First released in 1845, this stamp costs $20,000. It was the
world's first stamp to be released in three different colors. A picture of a bird
with a letter in its beak is included on it. This stamp was taken off the
market in 1854 after printing about 42,000 stamps.
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| The Whole Country Is Red |
8. The Whole Country Is Red:
It was released during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1968 and
costs $50,000. It displays a red map of China with images of workers, farmers,
and soldiers clutching red books. However, the map of Taiwan was white at the
time, not red, and they soon realized their error. The stamps were gathered
from the marketplaces, and what's left of them is what's in existence now,
making it one of the rarest and most costly stamps ever.
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| King Tryon Bloom |
7. King Tryon Bloom:
This British stamp, which costs roughly $100,000 USD, was issued in
1910 AD to replace a stamp that only had two colors at the time. It features a
picture of King Edward V, and 24 million copies were printed before the king's
untimely death caused the stamp to be collected and destroyed, leaving only a
very small quantity.
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The Black Empress |
6. The Black Empress:
This stamp, which was produced in 1851 AD, costs almost $500,000.
The stamp was called Chalon's Head and featured an image of the Queen's visage
drawn by Alfred Edward Chalon. There are said to be just 100 of these stamps
left, and they are valued at $500,000.
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| Benjamin Franklin |
5. Benjamin Franklin:
The price is 935 thousand USD. The postal stamp has an image of
Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America,
and is one of the rarest stamps in existence. Franklin is also linked to the
Civil War.
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| Inverted Jenny |
4. Inverted Jenny:
It was initially printed in 1918 AD and costs 977 thousand dollars.
There are currently just 100 of these American stamps, which are among the
rarest in the world. They were given this designation because of a printing
error.
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| Swedish Triskelion Yellow |
3. Swedish Triskelion Yellow:
This stamp, known as the Mona Lisa of postal stamps, costs three
million US dollars. Issued in 1855 AD, it was used as a standard postage stamp
until a color error during production caused it to become scarce and,
consequently, more expensive.
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| Mauritius |
2. Mauritius:
When Mauritius was a British colony in 1847 AD, the British
government printed two stamp colors—orange and blue—and set the price at $4
million. Both stamps are regarded as historical artefacts. There were just 26
stamps left in 1864 AD due to the high demand for this issue.
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| The British Giana |
1. The British Giana:
This item was sold at Sotheby's auction house in 2014 AD for 9.5
million dollars. In 1856 AD, a small number of copies were distributed.
