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Guyana : Collector's Items worth millions ! - ketchim - 06-17-2014
An exceedingly rare 19th Century postage stamp from a British colony in South America :
is expected to fetch a record sum at auction.
The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta could sell for $20m
at Sotheby's in New York , TODAY
Re: Guyana - ketchim - 06-17-2014
The British Guiana stamp was owned by du Pont chemical empire heir John du Pont
![[Image: _75590341_stamp.jpg]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75590000/jpg/_75590341_stamp.jpg)
Re: Guyana - ketchim - 06-17-2014
The stamp, printed on magenta paper, bears a three-masted ship and the colony's motto:
[size=12pt]"We give and expect in return"[/size]
Re: Guyana - ketchim - 06-17-2014
"Every collecting area has its Holy Grail. For stamps it is The British Guiana,"
Sotheby's wrote on its website (click)
adding the stamp is often described as : the "most famous" and "most valuable" in the world.
Re: Guyana - ketchim - 06-17-2014
The last owner of the famous stamp was John du Pont, heir to the du Pont chemical empire,
who was convicted in 1997 of murdering an Olympic champion wrestler
and died in prison in 2010.
Re: Guyana - Captain - 06-17-2014
will be on display in the 3rd test at national stadium
Re: Guyana - ketchim - 06-17-2014
http://www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/auction-essays/the-british-guiana/2014/05/the-story-of-the-wor.html
Nice read
Re: Guyana - ketchim - 06-18-2014
The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at auction in New York for :
$9.5 million
It was the fourth time the stamp has broken the auction record for a single stamp
in its long history, Sotheby's said.
Re: Guyana : Another Collector's Items - ketchim - 07-04-2014
I have ORIGINALS for Sale :
![[Image: 188263.jpg]](http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188200/188263.jpg)
Re: Guyana : Collector's Items worth millions ! - ketchim - 07-04-2014
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=90550.msg570235#msg570235 date=1403100820]
The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at auction in New York for :
[size=1.35em]$9.5 million[/size]
[/quote]
What would this RARE Shiv's [i]stumped out [/i]SELL for :-\
50 -100 years down the road ...