A rare postage stamp printed in British Guiana in 1856 and most recently owned by a du Pont heir convicted of murder is expected to fetch a record price of $10 million to $20 million at a New York ...

A very rare 19th Century postage stamp from a former British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5m (£5.6m) at auction in New York. It took only two minutes for the British Guiana ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday.

British Guiana is remembered for issuing a stamp that became the most valuable in the world, the one-cent Magenta of 1856. The last time the Magenta came on the market, in 1990, it was auctioned ...

"Blemished, battered and cut, the "British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta" is a stamp with a twisty tale to tell, one that begins in the hands of a young Scottish boy and passes through the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday.

A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday. The hefty price, which includes the ...

A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday.