Paul Fraser Collectibles has listed the exceedingly rare Plate 77 Penny Red stamp from 1864 for £650,000 ... London, and have been canceled. It was last sold in 2012 for £550,000 ...

The example is cancelled in Highbury, North London, in combination with a 4d red, issued from 1855. Some 21 billion Penny Reds were issued in Victorian times so what makes Plate 77 so special?

CANCELED STAMPS.; The Collecting Mania Stamp-Albums Some Interesting Facts About Old and Rare Specimens A Ridiculous Idea. Share full article. Feb. 17, 1872.

In its usual fashion of making martyrs out of men who are traitors in their own country, Soviet Russia last month issued a postage stamp honoring Greek Communist Leader Emmanuel Glezos, 37 ...