7 World's Most Expensive Stamp

Stamps is a piece of adhesive paper as evidence for making a payment for postal services, as well as sending letters. Stamps affixed to the envelopes, postcards, or other postal items before sending. Payments using a payment stamp of the most popular than the other way, such as using aerogram. Stamps comes from the Latin, "franco" which means the sign of the payment to pay off the cost of mailing. In other words, no mailing costs charged to the recipients, but must be paid by the sender of the letter using stamps.


Now that he's 7 in the world's most expensive stamps

1. The Three-Skilling Yellow
 

The Three-Skilling Yellow, is a stamp of print publication of the Swedish government in its first printing in 1855. Where normal postage only (which should be blue-green) also includes rare stamps. Three-Skilling Yellow is one of the rarest stamps and only one remaining. In 1984 a stamp was sold for 977,500 Swiss francs by David Feldman. In 1990 sales reached one million dollars U.S., then in 1996 sold for $ 2.3 million or around Rp. 21.85 billion. And each time the record sold always scored the highest number as a most expensive stamps in the world.


2. The first two Mauritius

The first two stamps of Mauritius (1847) are the first two series of stamps issued by the British colonial government. Only the left one first stamps unused condition and three second stamp with unused condition. In 1993 David Feldman auction of stamps Mauritius Hiroyuki Kanai produces the highest record. The first stamps orange sold for $ 1,072,260, or approximately 10 Million more and the second at $ 1,148,850


3. The inverted Jenny

The inverted Jenny was the 1918 U.S. postage stamp image plane Curtiss JN-4 and accidentally printed upside down; this is probably the most famous misprint in the world of American philately. Only 100 stamps of the remaining print, making it one misprint stamps most valuable; One full block inverted Jenny stamps sold at auction Robert A. Siegel in October 2005 for U.S. $ 2.7 million. And in November 2007 an inverted Jenny stamps sold for U.S. $ 977,500 (U.S. $ 9 billion). December 2007 a mint stamps (unused / not used) with very good condition sold to a Wall Street executive for $ 825,000


4. British Guiana One Cent Black on Magenta

British Guiana One Cent Black on Magenta (1856) is included rarest and most expensive stamps. Stamps printed on low quality paper in magenta with black ink, due to emergency conditions. Given there is only one fruit left in the whole world, so this stamp was unique and no other else ever found. Year 1980 has been auctioned to John Dupont for $ 935,000


5. U.S. Franklin Z-Grill

U.S. Franklin Z-Grill, 1867. This is the rarest of all postage stamps of the United States, only found 2 pieces that remain. In 1988 a stamp "Z-Grill" 1 cent in 1868 sold for $ 930,000

6. Hawaiian Missionaries

Hawaiian Missionaries, 1851 was the first Hawaiian stamps. Because the "Hawaiian Missionaries" roughly printed with paper thin and low quality, only a few stamps are successfully saved and is a very rare stamps. The lowest nominal 2 cents in 1851 is the rarest of the entire series, and only the remaining 16 units. A 2 cent Missionary stamp to mint condition (unused) for $ 760,000 and used the condition for $ 225,000.


7. The Penny Black     

The Penny Black, was the first official adhesive postage stamp in the world, the British government issued on May 1, 1840 and began to be used on 6 May. The Penny Black is not a rare stamps, but including the most expensive stamps. Total print 286,700 sheets of stamps printed with 68,808,000. A Penny Black stamps unused (not used) according to the 2001 Scott catalog for $ 3,000 or approximately Rp. 28,500,000, - and used (already used) for $ 180