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  2. British Guiana 1c magenta - Wikipedia

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    1. Face value. 1c. Estimated value. US$8,307,000 (last sale, 8 June 2021, including buyer's premium) [ 1][ 2] The British Guiana 1c magenta is regarded by many philatelists as the world's most famous rare stamp. [ 3][ 4] It was issued in limited numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856, and only one specimen is now known to exist.

  3. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    The ship fee, including the ship rate on letters for delivery at the port of entry, were on a per letter basis, rather than weight. The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    The 1-cent drop-letter rate was also restored, and Post Office plans did not at first include a stamp for it; later, however, an essay for a 6-cent Franklin double-weight stamp was converted into a drop-letter value. Along with this 1¢ stamp, the post office initially issued only two additional denominations in the series of 1851: 3¢ and 12 ...

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

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    In 1863, a new 2¢ Jackson design appeared, engraved in steel by Frederick Halpin (1805–1880) and printed by Archer & Daly in pale red. A second printing appeared in brown red. Line-engraving would be employed in all subsequent Confederate stamps. Also in 1863, a 10-cent stamp was released bearing the profile of Jefferson Davis in blue.

  6. Z Grill - Wikipedia

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    The Benjamin Franklin Z Grill, or simply "Z-Grill", is a 1-cent postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in February 1868 depicting Benjamin Franklin.While stamps of this design were the common 1-cent stamps of the 1860s, the Z-Grill is distinguished by having the so-called "Z" variety of a grill pressed into the stamp, creating tiny indentations in the paper.

  7. 1869 Pictorial Issue - Wikipedia

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    1869 Pictorial Issue. The 1869 Pictorial Issue is a series of definitive United States postage stamps released during the first weeks of the Grant administration. Ten types of stamp in denominations between one cent and ninety cents were initially offered in the series, with eight of these introduced on March 19 and 20, 1869 and the two ...

  8. Columbian Issue - Wikipedia

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    A sixteenth stamp—8 cents, to provide for the newly lowered registered letter fee—was added during March. As a result, the face value of the complete set was $16.34, a substantial sum of money during 1893. In approximate 2009 dollars, [3] the set would cost almost $390. As a result, of the most expensive stamps, especially the dollar values ...

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone - Wikipedia

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    When stocks of the 1¢ Vallarino stamp were nearly used up it became imperative to have a new supply of 1-cent stamps at once. The Canal Zone Postal Authority requisitioned 50,000 of the 1¢ stamp from Panama for overprinting at Mount Hope and Panama sent over the Vallarino 1¢ stamp. On January 28, 1924, these stamps were overprinted at Mount ...

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