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The world's most valuable stamps revealed

Amazingly valuable stamps
Bermuda 1848 1d Perot Provisional – $195,000 (£166k)
UK 1840 Penny Black Die Proof – $195,000 (£166k)
UK 1882 £1 Brown Lilac – $198,000 (£169k)
Hong Kong 96¢ Olive Queen Victoria – $206,000 (£176k) each
UK 1902 1s British Board of Education – $234,000 (£200k)
Canada 1868 2¢ Large Queen on Laid Paper – $250,000 (£213k)
USA 1869 24¢ Inverted Center Declaration of Independence – $275,000 (£234k)
UK 1840 Penny Black Letter – $293,000 (£250k)
USA 1869 30¢ Inverted Shield, Eagles and Flags – $310,500 (£265k)
USA 1873 23¢ Lost Continental – $325,000 (£277k)
Hong Kong 1941 $2 Inverted Dr Sun Yat-sen – $353,850 (£302k) each
UK 1840 Penny Black Heath Proof – $384,000 (£328k)
UK 1840 Penny Black Master Die Proof  – £410,000 (£350k)
China 1953 800Y Blue Military – $428,700 (£366k)
China 1897 2¢ Red Maiden in the Green Robe – $444,477 (£379k)
Canada 1851 12d Black Empress – $445,000 (£380k)
UK 1904 6d Edward VII Pale Dull Purple – $469,000 (£400k)
USA 1851 2¢ Hawaiian Missionary – $619,500 (£529k)
UK 1863 Penny Red Plate 77 – $645,000 (£550k)
China 1897 10¢-on-9-Candareen – $770,000 (£657k)
USA 1867 3¢ George Washington B-grill Rose – $900,000 (£768k)
USA 1847 5¢ Alexandria 'Blue Boy' Postmaster's Provisional – $1.18 million (£1m)
Germany 1851 9k Baden Error – $1.5 million (£1.3m)
USA 1918 24¢ Inverted Jenny – $1.6 million (£1.4m)
China 1968 8f The Whole Country is Red – $2 million (£1.7m)
Mauritius 1847 1 & 2 Penny 'Post Office' – $2 million (£1.7m) each
USA 1868 1¢ Benjamin Franklin Z Grill – $3 million (£2.6m)
Sweden 1855 3sk Treskilling Yellow – $3.8 million (£3.2m)
China 1897 Small One Dollar Red Revenues – $4.6 million (£3.9m) each
USA 1918 Inverted 24¢ Jenny Plate Block 1918 – $4.9 million (£3.5m)
British Guiana 1856 1¢ Magenta – $8.3 million (£5.9m)
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UK 1840 Penny Black Die Proof – $195,000 (£166k)

This rare Penny Black proof has a striking over-inked appearance that adds hugely to its value. Only three examples of this sort of proof remain and one of them is part of the Royal Philatelic Collection.
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Daniel Coughlin

15 September 2021

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