Same might apply to the canadian penny coin...hold on to it guys and pass it on to the younger ones.

I have the complete set of British Guiana stamps from 1876 to 1966. All are unused with no post mark and at least 95% of them even has the original gum undamaged. I have a couple that go as early as 1862 as well.I have been told that my collection is even better than the one held by the Guyanese postal service of that same period.

how much you want for that Mr.T?

Bai I have no idea if its value. It is just part of my collection mind you. I have duplicates of many of them including lightly hinged etc. You into stamps? If you are then PM me and I shall scan and email you some pictures of my BG collection. I even have an internationally recognized pseudo name  in the stamp collection world.

Convicted murderer owns US$5M rare Guyana stamp

March 24, 2010, By KNews, Filed Under News, Source

In 1856, E T E Dalton, the local postmaster of British colony of Guiana (now independent Guyana) was frustrated to hear that a shipment of stamps had failed to arrive.

Not wishing the citizens to be without this extremely useful, and still relatively new, facility he commissioned an emergency production from a local printer.

He was then further irritated to find that the printers had exercised creative input on the stamps over and above his simple specifications, and the three stamp types (two 4c stamps, one blue and one magenta, plus a 1c magenta for newspapers) had had a ship emblem added.

Dalton didn’t like the design. He restricted its use to that one emergency issue, and also had post office clerks sign all the stamps as a guard against fraud. He would be astonished to hear that today his name is still mentioned as a result of these stamps.

The rare British Guiana 1 cent stamp.

 

Vernon Vaughan, a Scottish schoolboy discovered a 1c stamp on one of his uncle’s letters in Demerara, the capital of British Guiana, in 1873. He sold it for the equivalent of $1.50 to a local collector.

The stamp has been heavily postmarked and dirtied, aside from the initials of postal clerk E D Wright carrying out Dalton’s policy on the left hand side. It has also been cut into an octagon.

Despite its parlous state, it is the only stamp of its kind known to still exist. As a result, it was picked up by the great rare stamp collector Count Ferrary and its value has escalated rapidly, making it a legend desired by collectors of valuable stamps everywhere including …Donald Duck.

The unlikely philatelist sought the stamp in the 1952 comic by Carl Banks, The Gilded Man. He describes it as being worth “…over $50,000″ which was already true even then.

The line between fact and fantasy has sometimes become blurred. Claims that the known example is a doctored example of the similar (and somewhat more common) 4c stamp have been discredited.

On the other hand there are still some who claim that an example owned by Peter Winter is genuine rather than a doctored 4c piece, even though the Royal Philatelic Society London has declared it a forgery, and Winter is famous for reproducing stamps – though usually quite openly, without an attempt to pass them off as the real thing.

The most famous story of the stamp is that the famous collector Arthur Hinds, who also owned the Bordeaux cover and other Mauritius ‘Post Office’ stamps, found another British Guiana 1c on sale in 1920 and destroyed it as soon as he bought it, so that there would only be one. This may or may not be an urban myth.

The one known genuine article has belonged to John du Pont, an athlete, ornithologist and philatelist since 1980. He paid $935,000 for it.

In 1997, du Pont was convicted of murdering his friend, Olympic wrestler David Schulz, without rational motive, due to du Pont suffering from schizophrenia.

Experts estimate the stamp to be worth upwards of $5m – it is currently stored in a bank vault, hidden from the world.

(www.paulfrasercollectibles.com)

When you want to sell let me know Mr. T.  I will PM you.  I don't mind putting up some money to keep the Country's heritage going.

Convicted murderer owns US$5M rare Guyana stamp

March 24, 2010, By KNews, Filed Under News, Source

 

In 1856, E T E Dalton, the local postmaster of British colony of Guiana (now independent Guyana) was frustrated to hear that a shipment of stamps had failed to arrive.

Not wishing the citizens to be without this extremely useful, and still relatively new, facility he commissioned an emergency production from a local printer.

He was then further irritated to find that the printers had exercised creative input on the stamps over and above his simple specifications, and the three stamp types (two 4c stamps, one blue and one magenta, plus a 1c magenta for newspapers) had had a ship emblem added.

Dalton didn’t like the design. He restricted its use to that one emergency issue, and also had post office clerks sign all the stamps as a guard against fraud. He would be astonished to hear that today his name is still mentioned as a result of these stamps.

 

The rare British Guiana 1 cent stamp.

 

Vernon Vaughan, a Scottish schoolboy discovered a 1c stamp on one of his uncle’s letters in Demerara, the capital of British Guiana, in 1873. He sold it for the equivalent of $1.50 to a local collector.

The stamp has been heavily postmarked and dirtied, aside from the initials of postal clerk E D Wright carrying out Dalton’s policy on the left hand side. It has also been cut into an octagon.

Despite its parlous state, it is the only stamp of its kind known to still exist. As a result, it was picked up by the great rare stamp collector Count Ferrary and its value has escalated rapidly, making it a legend desired by collectors of valuable stamps everywhere including …Donald Duck.

The unlikely philatelist sought the stamp in the 1952 comic by Carl Banks, The Gilded Man. He describes it as being worth “…over $50,000″ which was already true even then.

The line between fact and fantasy has sometimes become blurred. Claims that the known example is a doctored example of the similar (and somewhat more common) 4c stamp have been discredited.

On the other hand there are still some who claim that an example owned by Peter Winter is genuine rather than a doctored 4c piece, even though the Royal Philatelic Society London has declared it a forgery, and Winter is famous for reproducing stamps – though usually quite openly, without an attempt to pass them off as the real thing.

The most famous story of the stamp is that the famous collector Arthur Hinds, who also owned the Bordeaux cover and other Mauritius ‘Post Office’ stamps, found another British Guiana 1c on sale in 1920 and destroyed it as soon as he bought it, so that there would only be one. This may or may not be an urban myth.

The one known genuine article has belonged to John du Pont, an athlete, ornithologist and philatelist since 1980. He paid $935,000 for it.

In 1997, du Pont was convicted of murdering his friend, Olympic wrestler David Schulz, without rational motive, due to du Pont suffering from schizophrenia.

Experts estimate the stamp to be worth upwards of $5m – it is currently stored in a bank vault, hidden from the world.

 

(www.paulfrasercollectibles.com)

I think the Dupont is the one in jail now for murder.  I read some where that he put the stamp in a vault in a bank and he throw away the key.

That's the same reason why I started collecting BG stamps since I was a kid. It has been said by people in the know that I got one of the best BG collection in the world, but I can only go by what is mentioned on a few stamps related forums.

Dupont is dead by the way. I made an offer of U$100K for his GB stamp. So far no reply from his estate .

The stamp worth between 5 million to 12 million US today at a good auction.  They probably was thinking it was an insult.