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nal sheet of one hundred stamps now has a potential valueof over $400,000.
Two-cent inverted PanAmerican stamp. The rare two-cent Pan-American stamp with invertedcenter was at one time sold by stamp dealers on NassauStreet for only $5.00 a stamp. Presently one is worthabout $2500!
The rarest stamp of all, the one-cent magenta BritishGuiana was originally sold by dealer Ridpath to a col-lector—the initial sale from dealer to collector—for £ 125(approximately $725). The last time this stamp changedhands the price paid was reported as $50,000! No stamp dealer, however erudite, can know the valueof every stamp that passes through his hands nor, forthat matter, where to place every stamp. Hence, his |
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