Bull's Eye series (1843: the second country to issue stamps that were valid nationally) |
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Brazil |
1c black on magenta, 1856: sold at auction in 2014 for $9.5 million (making it the world's most valuable stamp
at that time) |
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British Guyana |
First cartoon character to appear on a US postage stamp (1997) |
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Bugs Bunny |
Famous series of triangular stamps issued in 1853 |
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Cape of Good Hope |
The first US Postmaster General (1775–6); appeared on the 5 cent stamp when the US post office
issued its first stamps, in 1847 (George Washington was on the 10 cent stamp) |
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Benjamin Franklin |
"Post Office" stamps – 1d red and 2d blue (1847): the first "British stamps" produced
outside Britain; a 1d red sold at auction in 2021 for just over €10 million, making it the world's most valuable stamp |
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Mauritius |
Treskilling yellow (1855 misprint – it should have been green; "treskilling" indicates its value
(3 skillings)) |
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Sweden |
Inverted Jenny (1918 – picture of a plane printed upside down) |
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USA |