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List of most expensive philatelic items This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1][2]
Around 30 of these stamps are known to still exist. The most expensive to have sold on its own went for $970,000 in Hong Kong in 2013. 5. Inverted Jenny The Inverted Jenny is a famous misprint ...
The British Guiana 1c magenta is regarded by many philatelists as the world's most famous rare stamp. [3][4] It was issued in limited numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856, and only one specimen is now known to exist. It is the only major postage stamp ever issued in the United Kingdom or British Commonwealth that is not represented in Britain's Royal Philatelic Collection. [5] An ...
Known as the world’s most valuable and rare stamp, this unique piece was produced during a stamp shortage in British Guiana. Only one copy is known to exist, discovered by a 12-year-old Scottish ...
The most expensive stamps in the world sell for millions of dollars, and many others routinely command five- and six-figure sums.
Experts from the New York auction house say it could fetch four to five million dollars, which would make it the single most expensive US stamp ever sold.
The St Paul's Shipwreck 10/- black is a postage and revenue stamp issued by the Crown Colony of Malta on 6 March 1919, and it is generally considered to be the country's rarest and most expensive stamp. It is rare because a very limited quantity of 1530 stamps was printed and it was inadvertently issued prematurely by the Post Office.
In July 2021 at Christoph Gartner's 50th auction sale, a 'Ball Invitation' sent by the Governor's wife, Lady Gomme, sold for over 11 million euros (including buyers commission) making it the most expensive philatelic item ever sold at auction.