When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper known as the one-cent magenta sold at Sotheby's for nearly $US9.5 million, the highest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned and
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The one and six-tenths cent stamp
โ Scribed by William Corbett
- Book ID
- 125091029
- Publisher
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Year
- 1970
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-136X
- DOI
- 10.2307/41187591
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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