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Rare Chinese Stamp auctioned for record-breaking price of $331,000
Though I haven’t been bitten my stamp-collecting bug ever, in today’s day and age, I believe that stamps hold an immense value. Who cares to post a letter by sticking a stamp on it when everything can be communicated, worldwide, with a click of button in this digital world? And stamps belonging to bygone era hold more worth. No wonder a Chinese stamp belonging to Qing Dynasty went under the hammer for a stunning price of 226,000 Euros ($331,000) in Hong Kong. It is an extremely rare 1897 small one-dollar overprint on a three-cent Chinese Red Revenue stamp. Bought by a Beijing resident, this stamp is touted to be auctioned off for highest price ever paid for a single Chinese stamp. The record-breaking stamp belongs to one famous type of temporary stamp with red printings on them. Such bill stamps with postage were transitionally used by custom then.
by deepa, on September 21, 2009 - 9:02 AM in Auctions | Comments () -
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