The $7.9m record stamp

Sotheby’s set a new auction record for a stamp with the $7.9m (£4.85m) hammer taken for the 1856 British Guiana one-cent Magenta in New York last week.

With buyer's premium and other taxes, the final bill for the buyer rose to $9.48m (£5.82m), although…

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