| Treskilling Yellow | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| Date of production | 1855 |
| Nature of rarity | Colour error |
| No. in existence | one |
| Face value | three Swedish skillings |
| Estimated value | At least 2,880,000 Swiss francs or $2,300,000 (last known sale price 1996) €1.5–2 million (estimate in 2010)[1] |
The Treskilling Yellow, or three schilling banco error of color (Swedish: Gul tre skilling banco, literally "yellow three skilling banco"), is a Swedish postage stamp of which only one example is known to exist. This stamp was cancelled at Nya Kopparberget (now known as Kopparberg), about 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Uppsala, on July 13, 1857.[2] It was last sold in 2010. The auction house valued the stamp between £1.29 million and £1.73 million before the sale. The winning bid was kept confidential.[3]
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- ^ "World's most expensive stamp sold". The Telegraph. 2010-05-23. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-05-20.