Philatelic investment

The British Guiana 1c magenta is one of the rarest, and most valuable, stamps in the world. Sold in June 2014 at Sotheby's for $9.48 million.

Philatelic investment is investment in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit. Philatelic investment was popular during the 1970s but then fell out of favour following a speculative bubble and prices of rare stamps took many years to recover.[1]

  1. ^ Levene, Tony (2005-01-22). "Philately won't get you anywhere". Money. The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-02-23.