Most Expensive Stamps (extracted from
1. The Treskilling Yellow – $2.3 million or more
The world’s most expensive stamp was printed in Sweden in 1855 and was the result of a printing error. Instead of printing the three-skilling stamp on green stock, it was printed on yellow/orange stock paper. In 1970, the authenticity of this misprinted stamp was questioned by the Swedish Postal Museum, but it was found to be genuine. Similar printing errors have resulted in many other expensive collectibles such as misprinted coins and baseball cards.
Only one copy of the “Treskilling Yellow” postage stamp is known to exist. The most expensive stamp in the world was part of the first Swedish stamp series in the years 1855 and, in 1886, a young collector named George William Backman discovered this stamp in his grandmother’s attic.
The stamp has changed hands numerous times since then. One of the stamp’s first owners since Backman’s discovery was Philipp von Ferrary, who acquired it in 1894 as an addition to his then unequaled stamp collection.
Ferrary’s collection was auctioned in the 1920s and made its way into the hands of such notables as Baron Eric Leijonhufvud of Sweden and eventually King Carol II of Romania.
It first achieved a million US dollar price tag when it was sold in 1990. Six years later, it was sold for 2.5 million Swiss francs–around US $2.3 million.
In 2010, the stamp made headlines again with a record-breaking sale to an international consortium. While the exact figure is unknown, auctioneer David Feldman–who sold the stamp from his own collection in 1984 and oversaw this most recent sale–revealed that it at least maintained the $2.3 million price achieved in 1996.
2. The First Two Mauritius
The First two Stamps Mauritius (1847) are the first two series of stamps issued by the British colonial government. Only the remaining one first stamps unused condition (unused) and also three postage both unused condition.
In 1993 David Feldman auctioning stamps belong to Hiroyuki Kanai Mauritius produces the highest record. The first orange-colored stamps sold for $ 1,072,260, or approximately USD 10 billion more and the second at $ 1,148,850 is also about more than Rp 10 billion.
3. The Inverted Jenny
The Inverted Jenny is a pictorial stamps America in 1918 Curtiss JN-4 plane and inadvertently printed upside-down: this is probably the most famous misprint in the world of American philately. Only 100 misprinted stamps left, making it one of the most valuable stamp misprint.
A full block inverted Jenny stamps sold at auction Robert A. Siegel in October 2005 for U.S. $ 2.7 million. And in November 2007 an inverted Jenny stamps sold for U.S. $ 977.500 (USD 9 billion).
December 2007 a mint stamps (unused / unused) with very good condition sold to a Wall Street executive for $ 825,000, or approximately USD 7.8 billion.
4. British Guiana One Cent Black on Magenta
British Guiana One Cent Black on Magenta (1856) are among the rarest and most expensive stamps. The stamp was printed on poor quality paper with black ink magenta colored, due to emergency conditions.
Known, there is only one piece left in the whole world. The stamp is so unique and no others have ever been found. In 1980 it was auctioned to John Dupont for $ 935,000, or approximately USD 8.8 billion.
5. The U.S. Franklin Z-Grill
The U.S. Franklin Z-Grill, 1867. This is the rarest of all postage stamps the United States, only found 2 pieces remaining. In 1988, a stamp "Z-Grill" 1 cent in 1868 sold for $ 930,000, or approximately USD 8.8 billion.
6. Hawaiian Missionaries
Hawaiian Missionaries, 1851 is the first Hawaiian stamps. Since the "Hawaiian Missionaries" paper printed with a thin rough and low quality, just a few stamps have been recovered and is a very rare stamp.
Nominal low of 2 cents in 1851 is the rarest of the whole series, and only the remaining 16 pieces.
A 2 cent Missionary stamp in mint condition (unused) for $ 760,000 and $ 225,000 for the conditions used.
7. The Penny Black
The Penny Black, was the first official adhesive postage stamp in the world, the UK Government published on May 1, 1840 and put into use on 6 May. The Penny Black postage stamp is actually not that rare, but include most expensive stamps. Total of 286 700 printed sheets of stamps printed with 68.808 million.
A Penny Black stamps unused (not worn) according to the 2001 Scott catalog for $ 3,000 or approximately Rp. 28.5 million and used (already used) for $ 180 or about USD 1.7 million selembarnya.
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Another set of Expensive Stamps ( shown in China.org.cn)
No. 13 Cape of Good
Hope Stamp(好望角珍邮)
Estimated value: US$40,000
Issued
in 1853, the Cape of Good Hope stamp is the first postage stamp in the Cape of
Good Hope, and even in the whole of Africa. It firstly came out in the forms of
1- and 4-pennies, and the stamp with two other face values was issued two years
later.
The
stamp sports a triangular shape, so that even the illiterate could tell that it
was not a stamp from another country, although many other countries have issued
triangular stamps since then. Its design is a female figure sitting on top of
an anchor, which is resting on top of a rock, symbolizing the Cape. The stamp
was designed by Surveyor General Charles Bell and printed by Messrs. Perkins,
Bacon & Co., a famous printer of books, bank notes and postage stamps.
Very
rare copies of the stamp have survived today. In the world-famous Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, the value of a single Cape of Good Hope stamp is about
US$40,000.
No. 12 Perot
Provisional(百慕大圆形临时邮票)
The Perot Provisional stamp, or the Perot Postmaster's
Provisional of Bermuda, is the first printed stamp of Bermuda. William Bennet
Perot, the postmaster of the town of Hamilton, always put a mailbox outside the
post office for the convenience of users. The users could put their letters in
the box together with their required postage (1 penny each). However, in most
cases, the postage in the mailbox was not enough, and Perot had to deliver all
the mails himself.
James Bell Heyl, a friend of Perot, suggested he issued his
own stamp. Heyl removed the dates from the postmark and stamped it on a piece
of paper. Perot then wrote the words "1 penny" above the year on the
stamp, and signed his name below. A round temporary postage stamp was born.
Today, only 11 pieces of the stamp have been found. Most of
them are now owned by European royalty, including Queen Elizabeth herself. As
early as in 1981, a piece of Perot Provisional stamp had a marked price of
US$115,000.
No. 11 Red Revenue
Small One Dollar Surcharge(红印花小字当壹圆)
Estimated value: US$333,382
The Red Revenue Small One Dollar Surcharge was a revenue
stamp used as a postage stamp after being stamped with the small words of One
Dollar. It was the first surcharged stamp among all the red revenue stamps
surcharged for postal use during the Qing Dynasty (1636-1911).
After two sheets of 50 pieces of the red revenue stamps were
surcharged, the words One Dollar were considered too small, so the mould was to
replace them for a bigger one.
Now about 30-some pieces still exist, including one block of
four and one horizontal pair. Most of them are unused ones. Only one used
stamp, cancelled with the PaKua Cancellation, has been found, which is now
exhibited in the China National Post and Postage Stamp Museum.
In 2009, one such stamp issued in 1897 was auctioned for
2.59 million HK dollars (US$333,382) in Hong Kong.
No. 10 Blue Military
Stamp(蓝军邮)
Esti mated value: US$428,654
The Blue Military Stamp is a blue stamp for military use in
China. In 1953, a set of three stamps, in orange, brownish red and blue, were
designed and issued to the soldiers who were on active duty for free. Patterned
with emblem of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the stamp has a face value
of 800 old yuan (1 US cent).
However, shortly after the stamp was issued, there were
reports that the confidential information was easier to be taken out of
envelopes featuring such a stamp. As a result, all copies of the stamp had to
be returned and destroyed, but a small number of them remained with the army.
Among the existing copies, the blue ones are the rarest. In
2011, one Blue Military Stamp was auctioned off for 2.7 million yuan
(US$428,654) in China
No. 9 Red Maiden in
the Green Robe (绿衣红娘)
The Estimated value:
US$444,477
During the Qing Dynasty currency reforms, stamps with a face
value in silver could not be used any more, and a short period of time would
pass by before the new stamps could be issued. As a transitional measure, green
ink was imprinted on the Red Revenue Stamp to it could be used as a temporary
stamp.
Evidence shows that
there are nine such stamps in existence, seven of which are singles. The only
vertical pair is now exhibited in the China National Post and Postage Stamp
Museum.
In December 2004, a
piece of the stamp was auctioned off for 3.45 million HK dollars (US$444,477)
in Hong Kong.
No. 8 The Whole
Country is Red(全国山河一片红)
The stamp that goes by the name of The Whole Country is Red,
issued in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution, is a famous stamp with error
printing. The stamp features a red map of China imprinted with the golden words
"The Whole Country is Red", plus a picture of a worker, a farmer and
a soldier holding the "Selected Works of Chairman Mao." The face
value of the stamp is 8 fen (1 US cent).
The stamp was only issued for less than half day. An editor
of SinoMaps Press found that the map on the stamp was not accurate and reported
it to the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. As a result, all Chinese
post offices had to stop selling the stamp and return all the copies. Only a
small quantity of the stamp went to private collections.
A large version of the stamp, two times bigger than the
original one, was auctioned off for 3.68 million HK dollars (US$474,197) in
Hong Kong in 2009, setting a new record for the price of a single stamp
auctioned off in China. On the same occasion, 6 normal pieces of the stamp were
auctioned off for a total of 2.93 million HK dollars (US$377,482).
No. 7 Canada's 12
Pence Black(加拿大黑女王)
Estimated value:
US$488,900
Canada's 12 Pence Black was issued in 1851 and features a
portrait of the youthful Queen Victoria. It is one of the most famous stamps in
the world.
Altogether, 51,000 copies of the 12 Pence Black were
printed, but due to its high denomination, only 1,450 copies were sold. The
remaining unsold 49,550 copies of the stamp were taken off the market and
destroyed in 1857. It is believed that about 100-150 pieces of this stamp exist
today, but this is mere speculation.
In 2011, a brand new
copy of the 12 Pence Black was auctioned off for US$488,900 in New York, USA.
No. 6 Olive-colored
Queen Victoria's Head(橄榄棕色香港维多利亚女皇像)
Estimated value: US$824,648
The Olive-colored Queen Victoria's Head, printed in 1864, is
the most expensive historical postage stamp of Hong Kong. The face value of the
stamp was 96 Hong Kong cents (12 US cents) and it should have a brownish-grey
tone. However, due to a printing error, 52 sheets of the stamp were printed in
olive color. The watermark was wrongly styled, and the word "CC" was
printed in the wrong place.
Among all 40 pieces of the Olive-colored Queen Victoria's
Head that can be found in the world nowadays, there is only one block of four
such stamps existing. It has been collected by a number of famous collectors.
In January 2012, it was auctioned off for 6.4 million HK dollars (US$824,648),
setting a record in the history of Hong Kong stamp auctions.
No. 5 British Guiana
1 Cent Magenta(英属圭亚那洋红色帆船)
British Guiana 1 Cent Magenta, printed in black on magenta
paper, is one of the most costly postal stamps in the world.
In 1856, there was an insufficient supply of stamps in
British Guiana. The postmaster could not wait for the delivery of stamps from
England and therefore asked the local newspaper to print some 1- and 4-cent
stamps.
Because of the simplicity of these stamps, each stamp had to
be initialed by a post office employee before use, to prevent forgery. The four
corners of the rectangle stamps were cut to turn the shape of the stamps into
that of an octagon.
The only copy of the British Guiana 1c Magenta was
discovered by Vernon Vaughan, a teenage Scottish schoolboy, while he was
looking through his uncle's letters. In 1980, it was auctioned off in New York,
USA, for US$850,000.
No.4 Post Office
Mauritius is an error postal stamp issued in Mauritius.
In September 1847, Lady Gomm, Mauritius' governor's wife,
invited friends and celebrities to a ball. For the convenience of sending out
the invitations, the Mauritius Post Office issued a set of stamps designed by
Joseph Barnard, following the pattern of British stamps. However, the words of
"Post Office" instead of "Post Paid" were engraved on the
copper plate of the stamp, which produced a big mistake. A total of 240 pieces
of this stamp were sold before the error was noticed.
Estimated value: US$1.67 million
There are only 26 known pieces of the Post Office Mauritius
stamps that have survived to this day, including several 14 one-penny and 12
two-penny pieces. In 2011, a blue two-penny Post Office Mauritius was auctioned
off for 1.05 million pounds (US$1.67 million) in the UK.No. 4 Post Office
Mauritius(毛里求斯邮局)
No. 3 Inverted Jenny(倒置的珍妮)
Estimated value: US$3
million
The 24-cent Jenny stamp was the first stamp for air-delivery
issued in 1918. The stamps were printed on sheets of 100, but each sheet had to
be fed through the printing machine twice. Therefore, it was very easy to
accidently flip the sheet on the second pass, and this is exactly what
happened. One of these sheets was printed with the jenny plane upside down, and
sold before the error was noticed. This was how the Inverted Jenny got created.
Only 100 pieces of the Inverted Jenny can be found in the
world nowadays. A block of 4 stamps was purchased in 2005, for US$3 million.
No. 2 Penny Black(黑便士)
Estimated value: US$5 million
The UK's 1840 issued Penny Black is the first stamp in the
world. It was designed by Rowland Hill, who proposed the reform of the British
postal system. He was called the Father of the Postage Stamp.
Before the Penny Black was issued, post offices had to take
payments for mail delivery in cash. People had to wait in line to deliver every
piece of mail. Postage was charged by the number of letter papers and the
amount of distance traveled. Following Rowland Hill's suggestion, a letter was
wrapped in an extra piece of paper (envelope) and an adhesive stamp was
attached to indicate the prepayment of postage. The stamp was the Penny Black.
The picture in the stamp shows Queen Victoria, based on a
sketch of her by William Wyon when she visited London in 1837. The Penny Black
Stamp was only used for one year because the red cancellation mark was hard to
spot on its black background. As a result of this, nine months later, the stamp
was reprinted as a red stamp so that the black cancellation marks were easier
to see and harder to remove.
The Penny Black was scheduled to be issued on May 6.
However, in some cities, a number of the copies were issued on May 2. Only two
pieces of the early issue can be found now and these are regarded as real
treasures. A few years ago, a rich businessman bought a copy from a US auction
house at the price of US$5 million.
No. 1 Treskilling Yellow (瑞士"三先令")
Estimated value: Much higher than US$3.14 million
The Treskilling Yellow is a Swedish postage stamp, which
holds the world's record auction sales price for a single postage stamp.
The normal three-skilling stamp, printed in Sweden, should
be green, whereas the eight-skilling stamp was printed in yellow. However, due
to an unknown error in 1855, (most likely because the three-skilling plate was
accidently replaced by an eight-skilling one), the three-skilling stamp was
printed in yellow, creating the precious Treskilling Yellow stamp.
The only known copy in existence of the Treskilling Yellow,
was discovered by a schoolboy named Georg Wilhelm Baeckman in 1886, while going
through his grandparents' attic.
The stamp made headlines in 1984 when it was sold for
977,500 Swiss francs (US$1.07 million). At a 1990 sale, it made over US$1
million, and then in 1996 it sold again for 2.875 million Swiss francs. Each
successive sale meant a world record worth for a postage stamp.
Being one of the most expensive objects in the world, the
stamp was auctioned off once again in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2010. The
exact price and the identity of the buyer were not disclosed, but the
auctioneer David Feldman released that "it is more expensive than any
other single postage stamp in the world."
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