The Penny Black, which introduced a flat rate, was used starting May 6, 1840. Before that, the recipient paid the postage cost. The world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is going up for ...
The postage stamp that started it all is going under the gavel. The coveted 18th-century rarity, known as the Penny Black, was the world’s first postage stamp and represents the very dawn of social ...
An ultra-rare U.S. postage stamp is going under the hammer this summer — and it may fetch as much as $5 million. Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York recently announced that it will be ...
A rare, 12-cent U.S. postage stamp showing an image of our nation’s first president sold for tens of thousands of dollars at auction last month. The stamp, which includes a portrait bust of George ...
The Penny Black, dating from 1840, will be part of Sotheby’s “Treasures” sale on Dec. 7, the auction house announced Tuesday. This Penny Black was from the first sheet printed, the Australian ...
Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp—one from the first sheet printed—is expected to sell for between £4 million and £6 million (US$5.5 million and US$8.3 million) at an upcoming auction in ...
Get your stamp book ready for the ultimate addition. This summer, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries is offering the William H. Gross Collection of United States Stamps. The organization is ...
NEW YORK -- A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world's most valuable stamp - again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at ...
In June, New York’s Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries will offer what it is billing as the most valuable U.S. postage stamp, an extraordinarily rare 1868 one-cent “Z-grill” stamp featuring Benjamin ...
The Faceless Angel stamp, pictured left of the correct version. (SWNS/JC Auctions) A Christmas stamp over 50 years old could be sold for over £500 thanks to an unusual printing mishap. The three pence ...
Wednesday’s auction eclipsed earlier single-stamp auction records for classic and rare U.S. postage stamps. One of two known examples of an 1867 stamp depicting Abraham Lincoln embossed with a “Z ...
LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - An example of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is being offered at auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday, with a price estimate of up to $8.25 million. Dating ...
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