Saturday, March 19, 2011

Queen Victoria Stamps Set Hong Kong Record






Hong Kong, Sunday 23 January 2011

A rare block of Hong Kong stamps featuring Queen Victoria's head was sold for a record of £447,700 (821,000 US dollars).

The block of four 1865 stamps with a face value of 96 Hong Kong cents (12 US cents) each, which were misprinted in an olive colour, were bought by an anonymous buyer at a sale Sunday, the auction house Spink said.

The price is the highest ever paid for a single lot of stamps in Hong Kong, Spink said. The stamps were sold as part of a two-day auction of rare stamps, coins and bank notes.

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