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  2. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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    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] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2024.

  3. 13 Valuable Stamps From Around the World - AOL

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    Like rare coins, vintage watches, and cookbooks, stamps can be worth serious money, especially when they’re rare, well-preserved, or tied to key historical moments. ... Mauritius ‘Post Office ...

  4. List of people on the postage stamps of the United States

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    Since the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. People have been featured on multiple stamps in one issue, or over time, such as various Presidents of the United States.

  5. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    However, this legislation was set to expire in April 2016. As a result, the Post Office retained one cent of the price change as a previously allotted adjustment for inflation, but the price of a first-class stamp became 47 cents: for the first time in 97 years (and for the fourth time in the agency's history) the price of a stamp decreased. [32]

  6. Check Your Attic: These Stamps Are Worth Millions - AOL

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    The first Mauritius edition was printed with 500 red and 500 blue stamps, each worth one penny. The editions that followed read "Post Paid" instead of "Post Office," like the originals, which are ...

  7. Stock Up on Stamps Now: The USPS Announced Another ... - AOL

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    Now is the time to stock up on stamps, and the clock is ticking. The United States Postal Service announced a big increase in the price of first class forever stamps. Stamp prices will increase ...

  8. Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with "district overprints", a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to protect from theft of postage stamps. In 1891, the postal and stamp issuing authority was created as an administrative division of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones ( Secretariat of Communications ).

  9. USPS announces price increase and new Betty White Forever stamp

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    USPS gave a sneak peek at other stamps coming next year. (Scripps News)