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This web page shows the highest known prices paid for stamps and covers, adjusted for inflation in 2023. The British Guiana 1c magenta is the most expensive stamp with $24.1 million, followed by the Mauritius 1d red with $12.6 million.
The first revenue stamps specifically for use in Ireland were impressed duty stamps introduced in 1774 to pay for stamp duty. Like British issues, the stamps could be embossed directly onto a document or on pieces of coloured paper with a cypher label at the back. Initially, colourless embossing was used although later on coloured ink was also ...
Learn about the history and design of Irish postage stamps, from the first overprints in 1922 to the current issues by An Post. Find out about the forerunners, watermarks, and commemorative stamps of Ireland.
The graphics were all based on early Irish art motifs: a dog was used in one colour for the low-values, the elk was used for the middle-value, the winged ox and eagle designs were on the high-values. These stamps used the letter 'p' (Irish pingin) to denote pence rather than the 'd' (Latin denarius) used in the UK, so the three pence stamp bore ...
A postage and revenue stamp is a stamp that can be used for postage or tax purposes. Learn about the history and examples of these stamps in the UK and other countries.
The Rare 2d Coil was an experimental vertical coil stamp, denominated 2d, issued by the Irish Post Office in 1935 [2] [3] and is one of the scarcest, and most valuable, Irish stamps. It is often referred to by stamp collectors simply as "Scott 68b" or "SG 74b", [1] being the Scott and Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue numbers respectively.
Revenue stamps are adhesive labels used to pay taxes or fees on various items, such as documents, tobacco, alcohol, etc. Learn about their origin, forms, methods of cancellation and popularity among philatelists.
Learn about the origins, evolution and techniques of stamp collecting, a popular hobby and study of postage stamps and related objects. Find out how to acquire, store, display and value stamps, and explore the different topics and themes they depict.