The most expensive postage stamp

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$2,970,000

The most expensive postage stamp in the world – the “holy grail” or “Z Grill“. The title of this she acquired as a result of exchange. A little background: a collector from America, Bill Gross, is the owner of the complete collection of stamps (4 pieces) under the name “Jenny.” He bought them for $ 2.97 million, which was the largest sum ever paid for the stamps. Collection value stamps issued in the U.S. in 1918, gives an inverted image of an airplane, which is a mistake made in print. He then exchanged all 4 stamps for one rare and, in consequence, has become the most expensive postage stamp in the world – odnotsentovuyu brand called the “holy grail”, released in 1868. The stamp depicts Franklin. Have survived only 2 copies of the “Z Grill”, one of which is located in the New York Public Library. Assistant Gross said that Bill was trying to get a rare blue mark in a few years. In the far in 1998 only available to collectors of stamps “Holy Grail” was put up for auction. Then Bill Gross was trying to catch her, but the buyer ended up Donald Sandmill. It is noteworthy that Sandmill bought “Holy Grail” for only $ 935,000. Because exchange has been mutually beneficial and Grosso, and Sandmenu to complete their collections lacked precisely those rarities, the most expensive postage stamp in the world has become “Z Grill”. Previous record belonged to the Swedish brand in 1857, bought at auction in 1996 for 2.2 million dollars.