NEW YORK - "The holy grail of coins" and two of the world’s most valuable items in stamp-collecting are going up for auction next week in New York and could sell for a combined $37 million. The three ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday. The hefty price, which ...

The most valuable stamp in the world, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta, failed to set yet another world record at auction. Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on ...

WASHINGTON — The world’s rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian Institution ...

Rare stamps are bringing unprecedented prices, but technology could imperil philately. As philatelists anticipated, the Sotheby’s auction in June of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp ...

An 1856 British colonial stamp once owned by the eccentric millionaire and convicted murderer John du Pont — and which broke records in four auctions — is going under the hammer again in the Big Apple ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian ...

NEW YORK - "The holy grail of coins" and two of the world’s most valuable items in stamp-collecting are going up for auction next week in New York and could sell for a combined $37 million. The three ...

Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp got licked in a much anticipated auction this morning. The diminutive wisp of paper was expected to set a new world ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday. June 17, 2014, 7:33 PM ...