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How could a provisional stamp printed in British Guiana in 1856 garner the highest price ever paid for a postage stamp? This book describes the stamp's travels and associations from its New World beginnings to its multiple sales and residence in Europe to the $10 million purchase at Sotheby's in 2014 by a New York shoe designer. The only known example of the stamp, the One-Cent Magenta, has had famous and notorious owners, including John E. du Pont, who owned it when he died in prison serving...Log In or Sign Up to Read More