Letter bearing first German stamp sells in auction for €440,000
A letter bearing the first stamp issued in Germany, sent on the first day of the stamp's validity, was auctioned on Friday for €440,000 ($492,660) in the western German city of Wiesbaden. The Heinrich ...
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Creepy crawlies or misunderstood beauties? Royal Mail unveils stunning set of spider stamps (and they make your post look like it's infested!)
Arachnophobes may soon drop their post in horror as the Royal Mail has revealed new stamps featuring UK spiders. Ten of the web-weaving wonders found on British shores feature in the collection ...
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'The Mansion' Museum features PHLPost stamps
Carlos said. The public can experience firsthand some of the most valuable stamps ever created for Philippine Presidents starting from General Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the first and youngest ...
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Royal Mail launches new stamps celebrating the UK's spiders
A new collection of stamps from the Royal Mail has been revealed, which celebrates spiders found within the UK. These 10 stamps feature original illustrations of the insects which include the ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer14d
An Ohio family's dime could be worth $500,000 at auction. More on the 1975 coin
Is a 10-cent dime really worth $500,000? If some pennies can be worth up to $200,000, then it makes sense for a rare coin to command up to a half million dollars for three sisters from an Ohio ...
USA Today14d
North Korea releases rare glimpse of Kim Jong Un touring secret nuclear weapons facility
North Korea provided a rare glimpse Friday of a secretive uranium-enrichment facility where it produces material for its nuclear weapons program when it released several images of its leader Kim ...
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Rare dime likely worth over $500K could be hiding in your pocket
Owners of U.S. dimes may want to check their pockets and piggy banks, as one rare $0.10 coin is expected to bring in over half of a million dollars by the end of October, and it can be viewed in ...
This is Money15d
Two months left for first-time buyers to potentially save up to £15,000 in stamp duty, Zoopla warns
A first-time buyer purchasing a property up to the value of £425,000 currently pays no stamp duty. However, from 1 April, the same purchase will be subject to a £6,205 tax bill when stamp duty ...
The Economist15d
Norway’s weak currency presents a mystery
An official currency commission may follow. One commonly cited explanation for the fall in value is a lower oil price. Although this may account for some weakness, it fails to explain why the ...
Fox Business15d
Rare dime expected to fetch over $500K
Owners of U.S. dimes may want to check their pockets and piggy banks, as one rare $0.10 coin is expected to bring in over half of a million dollars by the end of October, and it can be viewed in ...
THE WEEK16d
How and why have UK stamps changed?
It may sound a lot for "a small patch of paper", said The Guardian, but it's far from being the most expensive old stamp ever sold. In 2021, an envelope featuring a Mauritius Post Office 1d red ...