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Despite the fact that modern mail has undergone cardinal changes with the advent of the Internet and e-mail, forwarding no one has yet canceled physical letters and parcels in soon unlikely to cancel.
Therefore, postage stamps continue to exist, and in first of all, as signs of postal payment, and only then – in as sometimes priceless (or very expensive) relics philatelists.
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The first stamp in the world was released in England on May 6, 1840. Since it was printed in black and had a nominal the cost of 1 penny, it is called among the philatelists “Black Penny”. The brand is very valuable for collectors, in good condition and without repayment stamps its cost reaches several tens one thousand dollars. However, this is still not the most expensive and desirable the brand, and the reason for this is very simple – “Black Penny” was released in amount of about 69 million copies, and therefore to our a lot of these postal relics have come. For example, “Black penny “is even in the collection of one of the philatelists of the city Kramatorsk Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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But the most valuable brands are considered “Blue Marvriky” and “Pink Mauritius.” These stamps were issued in 1847, and they were the first postal signs of the British colony of Mauritius. Since in this colony stamps from England have not yet arrived, and the need for them already appeared, its governor William Gomm decided to print own postal signs. And they came out, note in a very small quantity – only 500 copies each. And on them was erroneous inscription of Post Office instead of the laid Post Paid, which makes them especially valuable to philatelists.
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It is clear that only a few such brands remained in the world. units, the most valuable brand “Blue Mauritius” officially there are only 12 pieces, two of which are in the collection British Queen Elizabeth II. Pink Mauritius more – 14 pieces. The price of any of these brands has risen to several million dollars. Suffice it to recall that in 2016 year at an auction in Prague, someone (the name of the collector was not disclosed so far) bought the “Blue Mauritius” for 3.7 million euros.
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The first postage stamp in Russia, issued in 1857.
About the rarest British Pink Guiana brand (the only a copy of which was sold in 2014 at an auction in New York for 9.5 million US dollars), watch a short video.
Finally, it is interesting to know that stamps are issued not only to pay for postal items, but also specifically for collectors. Of course, in the latter case it’s very high-quality, beautiful and often with a deep sense of brand. AND they are produced in limited quantities, which is why they immediately become considerable value, as well as a welcome relic for any philatelist …
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