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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Barron, James, 1954- author.     Subjects     Rare postage stamps -- Guyana -- History.     Stamp collectors -- Biography.     Stamp collecting -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Barron, James, 1954- author.       by title:      The one-cent magenta...         MARC Display

The one-cent magenta : inside the quest to own the most valuable stamp in the world / James Barron. by Barron, James, 1954- author. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017. Subjects Rare postage stamps -- Guyana -- History.   Stamp collectors -- Biography.   Stamp collecting -- History. ISBN:  9781616205188 (hardcover) : 1616205180 (hardcover) Description:  276 pages ; 19 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper sold at Sotheby's for nearly $9.5 million, the largest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned, and sold the one-cent magenta in the years in between, James Barron delivers a fascinating tale of global history and immense wealth, and of the human desire to collect"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 769.56988 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 769.56988 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 769.5698 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 769.56988 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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