Not everyone knows a lot about stamps, but the British Guiana one cent magenta stamp is well-known as being one of the most famous, rare stamps of all time.
This incredible stamp was originally produced in Georgetown in 1856, in British Guiana, a British Colony. British Guiana has since won its independence, and it is known more widely as Guyana, or the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
This magenta and black stamp has a face value of 1 c, and its design features a small black ship and “Damus Petimus Que Vicissim”, which was the colony’s Latin motto.
The reason why this stamp is so rare is due to the fact that it was in such limited print.
They were originally printed as “emergency stamps” because stamps that the colony had already ordered had never arrived. it is estimated that this stamp can sell for an average of $935,000.
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