Show stamp valued at uncovered in new york A tiny black and magenta bit of valued at changed pa paper iper history hands recently after an 84 year rivaled by only the most precious of diamonds it was the worlds most valuable stamp the only known one cent british britis h guiana cover of 1856 in existence macys department store in new york city purchased it tor for an unnamed client at an undisclosed price from mrs ann hind scala ot of utica N Y thus the little sticker sought by leading collectors the world over entered a new nev chapter of romantic per egri nations that might be envied by the hope or jonker diamonds chronologically the saga of the stamp leads through several unidentified owners before its discovery in 1873 as something out of 0 the ordinary that year L vernon vaughan of demartra De marara british guiana found it while hile looking over some old family papers he sold it to a collector for six shillings it found its way into the collection of count philippe la a von ferrary it remained there tor for 44 ayears years the count shrugging off incredible offers for it he never sold a stamp in 1917 however count ferrary died and willed his collection valued as high as to the postal museum in berlin at the close of the first great war the french government announced the collection would be sold for the reparations account three years later the auction was held the bidding was spirited for the worlds rarest stamp with arthur hind late husband of mrs seala scala competing with a wealthy alsatian manufacturer |