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2. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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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]

3. Stamp collecting - Wikipedia

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   Stamp collecting. Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, [1] as a stream of new stamps ...

4. Columbian Issue - Wikipedia

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   The 2¢ Landing of Columbus is the most common stamp of the Columbian Issue. The Columbian Issue, also known as the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago during 1893. The finely-engraved stamps were the first commemorative stamps issued by the United ...

5. What your old stamps are worth now - AOL.com

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   However, you shouldn't throw your old stamps away just yet -- they may be worth a lot of money. You may not be aware, but stamp collecting is an extremely popular hobby, and some collectors are ...

6. National Philatelic Collection (United States) - Wikipedia

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   A large number of the specimens in the National Philatelic Collection have great value and, in 1986, the curators of the collection refused to participate in Ameripex 86 – an exhibition in Rosemont, Illinois, described by Linn's Stamp News as "one of the greatest international stamp exhibitions ever held" – after show organizers refused ...

7. Stamp catalog - Wikipedia

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   A stamp catalog (or stamp catalogue) is a catalog of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices. The stamp catalog is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting. Stamp catalogs are part of philatelic literature . Similar catalogs of other collectible objects. such as matchboxes ( phillumeny) and postcards ( deltiology ), have ...