What stamps are rare and worth money?

The Four Main Elements of a Stamp

Stamp	Year	Price
The Sicilian Error of Color	1859	$2.6 Million
Baden 9 Kreuzer Error	1851	€1.31 Million
The Inverted Jenny	1918	$1.35 Million
1c Benjamin Franklin Z Grill	1868	$935,000

Which country has the rarest stamps?

In the 21st century, the British Guiana one-cent Black on Magenta postage stamp is known by many stamp collectors and philatelists as the world’s rarest, most famous and most valuable stamp. It is considered a rare stamp that was issued in British Guiana (known today as Guyana) during 1856 in very limited numbers.

What stamp is the rarest?

British Guiana 1c Magenta
The rarest stamp in the world is returning to Britain for the first time in almost 150 years. The British Guiana 1c Magenta (1856), dubbed the “Mona Lisa of the stamp world”, is believed to be the most valuable man-made item.

How do I know if my stamp is rare?

How to Determine Stamp Values

Identify the stamp.
Find out when was the stamp issued.
Know the stamp’s age and material used.
Determine the centering of the design.
Check the stamp’s gum.
Determine the condition of the perforations.
See if the stamp has been cancelled or not.
Find out the rarity of the stamp.

What countries stamps are worth the most?

World’s most valuable stamps

$9,480,000. British Guiana 1-Cent Magenta, 1856.
$2,600,000. Treskilling Yellow stamp, 1855.
$2,600,000. The Sicilian Error of Colour, 1859.
€2,400,000. Post Office Mauritius, 1847.
$2,000,000. The Whole Country is Red stamp, 1968.
$1,545,000. Baden 9 Kreuzer error stamp, 1851.
$933,300.
$878,908.

Which countries have most valuable stamps?

Most Valuable Stamps in the World

Mauritius Post Office Stamps.
Bottom Line: Mauritius Post Office Stamps.
1859 Sicilian Error of Color.
Bottom Line: 1859 Sicilian Error of Color.
Treskilling Yellow.
Bottom Line: Treskilling Yellow.
British Guiana 1 Cent Magenta.
Bottom Line: British Guiana 1 Cent Magenta.

What country has the most expensive stamps?

British Guiana
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta.

Which stamps are worth a lot of money?

The 10 Most Valuable U.S. Stamps

The Inverted Jenny. (Courtesy of Siegel Auction Gallery)
1847 Issue Block of 16 of Ben Franklin.
Almanac Stamp of 1765 or 1766.
‘Blue Boy’ Alexandria Postmaster’s Provisional.
1869 Pictorials—Inverted Center Errors.
Two-Cent Blue Hawaiian Missionary.
1860 Stolen Pony Cover.
Pan American Inverts.

What do you need to know about Danish stamps?

Danish philately offers a number of fields for study, including plate and shade varieties on the earliest issues, the inverted frames on the later 19th Century issues, and the early vending booklets and booklet panes. Add on postal history and postmarks and collecting the stamps from Denmark could develop into a lifetime project.

When was the first postage stamp issued in Denmark?

A royal mail service was established in Denmark in 1624. Postal markings began to appear in the 17 th century. There were many different types of postmarks including some which incorporated distances in miles used to calculate those early mail charges. On 1 st April the first Danish stamps were issued.

What was the first coat of arms of Denmark?

The first Coat of Arms type of Denmark was originally issued perf 14×13 1/2 but then a few years later was issued in smaller quantities perf 12 1/2 (Scott #21 cv $3100 used- We’ve illustrated the more common 4 skilling perf 12 1/2)). There were three different denominations issued this way.

Are there any nineteenth century stamps that are rare?

Two are just scarce but the third, the two skillings value, is a rarity. And what is more it is about the only Nineteenth Century rarity from any country that can still be found, unidentified, in ordinary collections (I have found three in the last ten years).

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