It is amazing that the minute 1-cent stamp is the only one known in existence.
One-cent magenta stamp auction is a great feat in this age for the organizers of the auction since the stamp has also set its third record in 1980 when it sold for $935,000 to du Pont. According to retiree David Beech, longtime curator of stamps at the British Library, being able to buy the stamp can be compared to buying the "Mona Lisa" of the world's most prized stamps.
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