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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]
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 2014 auction also made it the most expensive item, by weight and size, ever sold in history. [7] The stamp was next sold in June 2021 to London stamp dealer and publishing company Stanley Gibbons PLC for $8,307,000. [8]
Quality issues led to the destruction of most stamps produced from Plate 77, but a few examples managed to escape. One such stamp sold for £495,000 (about $640,000) in 2016.
This represented the most expensive stamp ever given away in any sort of promotion. The winner of the giveaway was John Shedlock, of California, and the stamp was presented to him by the then-current Miss New Jersey, Amy Polumbo.
The world’s most valuable stamp, estimated to be worth 15 million dollars (£10.7 million), is in London ahead of its auction in the summer.
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.
The most expensive stamps in the world sell for millions of dollars, and many others routinely command five- and six-figure sums.