Ebook: The One-Cent Magenta: Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World
Author: James Barron
- Genre: History
- Tags: British Guiana One-Cent Magenta (Stamp), Rare postage stamps -- Guyana -- History, Stamp collectors -- Biography, Stamp collecting -- History, Rare postage stamps, Stamp collecting, Stamp collectors, Guyana
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Affirm Press
- City: Guyana.
- Language: English
- epub
"When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper sold at Sotheby's for nearly $US9.5 million, making it the world's most valuable object by weight and the largest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned, and sold the one-cent magenta in the years in between, James Barron delivers a fascinating Read more...