This is a bit of fun. I was reading up on the latest instalment of the world's rarest stamp. It is the British Guiana 1cent Magenta of 1856. The stamp is back in England and on permanent display by Stanley Gibbons whose catalogs I use every day. But before they bought it, it was loaned to the Smithsonian for their chance to put it on public display but they did so along side a Donald Duck comic book. The comic saga, inspired by the original schoolboy search for the stamp, sees Donald, along with Huey Dewey and Louie, searching similar trunks in similar attics in British Guiana, all for the mega rich stamp collector Philo T Ellic.
The comic was published in 1952 and my copy is a little worn but still with all its colour and well readable. Some pages are getting a bit loose. Originally sold for 10c, I paid $30. Stamps are big business and so are comic books. This one is No 422, now where am I going to put it?
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| Even starts with a map showing British Guiana |
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