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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The world'd rarest postage stamp, worth $9.5 million, is headed to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum next year. Beginning in April 2015, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Half a rare German postage stamp which dates back to 1872 has fetched some 261,000 euros ($347,500) at auction in the southern German town of Bietigheim-Bissingen, a spokeswoman for ...

An extremely rare 158-year-old postage stamp — one that has been described as the Holy Grail for stamp collectors — will be auctioned off next month in New York City. The famous postal artifact could ...

The recent sale of a 1-cent Ben Franklin stamp for $4.4 million, the most expensive U.S. stamp ever sold, again raises for consideration the question, “Are postage stamps good investments?” Certainly ...

The 31-year-old son of billionaire “Bond King” Bill Gross has sold five rare postage stamps against his father’s wishes — and bagged nearly $1.9 million in the process. The final gavel price for the ...

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In 1955, a block of four rare postage stamps was stolen from a display case at a convention. Over the years, two were recovered, but there were no signs of the others — until now. Six decades after ...