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00:00World Stamps
00:105 Most Expensive Postage Stamps
00:13Number 5
00:15Canada 12 Pence Black
00:18Canada 12 Pence Black is the coin which is also called Black Empress of Canada and was issued in 1851
00:27and is included as one of the rarest stamps of the world. It features the profile of Queen Victoria which is based on the portrait of the Queen.
00:36This design of the stamp is also called Shallon Head. Only 50,000 copies of this coin were printed at the time and were sold as well.
00:46Then in 1857 the unsold ones were destroyed and only a few were available then.
00:54The estimated value of this single stamp is almost $500,000.
01:00Number 4
01:01Inverted Jenny
01:03Inverted Jenny is the postage stamp which is also famous for the name of Upside Down Jenny.
01:09It was printed in the USA.
01:12It was first issued in 1918 and was made with a small printing error but a very rare one.
01:19It features the picture of a JN-4 airplane on it.
01:24Only 100 stamps were made of this design and were destroyed leaving only a few left.
01:30A single stamp from this collection was sold at auction in 2007 at the price of $977,500.
01:40Number 3
01:42Mauritius Post Office
01:44Mauritius Post Office launched this stamp for the British colony in 1847.
01:49It was made with two denominations as one side is dark blue and the other one is orange red.
01:56It features the profile of Queen Victoria.
01:59It was also considered as a legendary stamp because of its design and whole history.
02:05Only 26 pieces of this patch are available now in the world which has the value of $4,000,000 for a single stamp.
02:14Number 2
02:15Tress Killing Yellow is also one of the rarest postage stamps of the world which was a Swedish stamp and was issued in 1855.
02:24It has also made a record with the value of $2.3 million at an auction conducted in 1996.
02:33It was one of its kind stamps which also have small printing error and were printed in blue-green color.
02:40Number 1
02:41British Guyana 1C Magenta
02:45British Guyana 1C Magenta is the stamp which is the most valuable one and is sold at the highest price of $9.5 million at an auction conducted in 2014.
02:59It was the only one of its type and was made in the shape of an octagon.
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