Palestinian Stamp

genki said:
some stamps are worth hundreds arent they?
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Some stamps are worth many thousands. but, any collector will tell you that if you collect in hopes of getting rich, you are collecting for the wrong reason. Most collectors collect for interest, history and cultural appreciation. each stamp is a story and a lesson.

Many collectors specialize either by topic, country, era etc. I was a general collection, a little of everything. although I had some side topical collections USA confederate states stamps of 1860-65, horses, Russia, Poland and Lithuania.
 
genki said:
millions? you serious? WOW

which ones are worth millions and how old would they have to be?
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This 1880s Swedish stamp costs $ 2,270,000.00.

http://sammler.com/stamps/expstamp.htm
 
genki said:
millions? you serious? WOW

which ones are worth millions and how old would they have to be?
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Age has very little to do with the value. some error printings are quite valuable and new. While some very old stamps have little value.

It is the scaricity and demand that determines value. The most valuable ones are the ones that it is known that only one still exist. the most famous is the 1885 Magenta One penny stamp from British Guiana. the highest price ever paid for a stamp is US 2.3 Million for this 1857 Swedish stamp:

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Looks like 2 of us were thinking about the same stamp.
 
the first postage stamp ever printed the Queen Victoria Penny black of 1840 is the world's oldest stamp. However, so many were printed it is still considered fairly common and an excellent copy can be bought for under $100 US often they can be found at auctions for under $10.

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Woodrow said:
the first postage stamp ever printed the Queen Victoria Penny black of 1840 is the world's oldest stamp. However, so many were printed it is still considered fairly common and an excellent copy can be bought for under $100 US often they can be found at auctions for under $10.

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this stamp is famous too..
 
north_malaysian said:
British Guiana? I only have one 2 cents British Guiana stamp, the date stamped on the stamp was 31 March 1959. With pic of "Botanical Garden".
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world's most famous stamp. But last sold in 1997 for a paltry $973,000

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north_malaysian said:
LOLs....

Woodrow, do you have any Islamic/Muslim theme stamps.. please post it on Muslim/Islamic Stamps thread...
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Sadly my entire stamp collection was lost when my house was destroyed.
 
NoName55 said:
extravagant, ungrateful, and self-indulgent waster who pays that price for a stamp already has a mansion or 2
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Quite true. Interesting history about the last owner of the British Guiana stamp:

The story of the genuine Penny Magenta, retold by senior editor Rob Haeseler in the July 3, 2000, issue of Linn's, is in itself remarkable.

A 12-year-old boy named Vernon Vaughan found the Penny Magenta in Demerara, the capital of British Guiana, in 1873. He sold it to stamp collector N.R. McKinnon for six shillings, or about $1.50.

Over the years the stamp has been owned by some of philately's greatest collectors, including Count Philippe Ferrari and Arthur Hind. In 1980 the stamp was consigned to the Robert A. Siegel firm of New York, who auctioned it for $935,000 to chemical-fortune heir John E. duPont.

In 1997, duPont was convicted of murdering a wrestler he was sponsoring. The only known British Guiana Penny Magenta remains locked in a bank vault in Philadelphia, Pa.

Perhaps a fitting end for a man who placed more emphasis on material wealth than on the value of people. In spite of DuPont's great Wealth and the mansions he owned. He will never benefit from any of it in his prison cell.
 
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You seem to have a good knowledge concerning Palestine stamps.I have one 1920's or 30's Palestine stamp and been used during British mandate in old Palestine.Its very rare and so far I haven't found any like it searching the whole wide web - Ebay Included.Can you help me identify it and asses its value?Its of 6 halala. I can send you scans.You can contact me on my email: [contact admin for it] for that matter.I am an active seller.Need your help so that I may ask a fair price for it when selling. Cant upload image because I am not a full member.
 
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