Two of the Rarest Stamps in Existence Come to Market

[@Full_Metal_Digger]

The postal clerk who sold the sheet of inverted jenny stamps in 1918 later said he did not realize the image was inverted because he had never seen an airplane before!

[@OutdoorsygalO]

Hi! @Full Metal Digger! Nice to see you here! 🙋‍♀️ I had always wondered what the inverted Jenny really looked like since I was little and started collecting stamps. The rare stamp was shown on the back page of my stamp collection book, but it was only in 2 colours in print there.

[@pjacobsen1000]

This video gets my stamp of approval.

[@mjproebstle]

ha!

[@gabrielh7517]

Stop

[@sayantanghosal7876]

The British Guyana stamp sold for 8.23 million USD. Presently being displayed at Stanley Gibbons.

[@mjproebstle]

i’ve collected stamps my whole life, and this is amazing. cheers!

[@bullitt7544]

I was just given a Stamp Collection from 1938 which belonged to a CANADIAN Soldier serving in Europe. It has hundreds of stamps. One of them the Nazi Swastika on Red was for sale for $100+ online. I know it also has Guinea stamps and French Guiana, I can't wait to look closer at them. Thanks for this inspiring video.

[@opera93]

Thanks, sounds fascinating..... I still,have much of my stamp Acculturations from my first 50 years.... though down sized and sold lots of Albums and piles of Stamps.. unending varieties and stories,in Colonies, foreign Offices,ships, air Mail, Poatage Due.... etc...interestingly my best stamps are my Paternal Grandmother’s Postal Cards ( some elegant,or simple to Complex) to childhood friends in Church and School... from a Rural, Poor ( though unknown feeling to them) area.....with NO PHONE, maybe a monthly “In Town Day “for necessities, and passing on of messages,,,,,,from remote Farms)....Anyways the Journey & messages, History....I got a bunch Cape of Good Hope triangles,etc. Remote,Colonies, German, British etc.. May get out my first big Album with thousands of stamps ( from 1958 onwards,etc)...ps: thousands of NAZI, & fakes on Sale,etc

[@OutdoorsygalO]

I’m Canadian. 🙋‍♀️🇨🇦 Now you got me wondering WHO was the Canadian Soldier? Any idea?

[@bullitt7544]

@@OutdoorsygalO Yes. Fallis Robinson, Arkona, ON. It is dated Dec 25, 1938. Most are not cancelled either. It has 81 Nations Stamps in it. It is premade book Titled STAMPS OF MANY LANDS. Index is on Front Page with the 81 Entries. It is awesome. Thanks for asking.

[@DistanceJay]

These guys always like the word “remarkable”

[@dfool06]

Well they have to sell it. Hyped up the collector buyers.

[@Flavum]

I'll take it over "iconic" any day.

[@ypcomchic]

And “spectacular “!

[@Audion]

Synonyms for remarkable Synonyms bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild

[@mybad8805]

inconceivable.

[@footofjuniper8212]

Montgomery Brewster mailed that stamp in 1985. Surprised they didn't mention it.

[@cheaptoyman]

They handle that British Guiana stamp way too much. Show it some respect.

[@WSFM_Rex]

Can’t believe i just watched a 9 min video about stamps and liked it 🔥good shit Sotheby’s

[@JeffLifeInReview]

Dudes excitement makes it even more thrilling. But does the fact that each owner signs the stamp make them more or less valuable?

[@johnqueen2754]

More

[@Janet_Airlines802]

More especially since they’re so old.

[@MrTesh47]

Wonderful video - thank you for sharing an insight into a world of rare stamps. As a child with parents coming from Guyana (British Guiana) - I had the bragging rights at school and obviously when growing up the ability to share a nerdy fact with friends about the worlds rarest stamp.

[@kennyfrancis6882]

The one cent magenta has been reduced to a shoe label by the Weitzman signature

[@cliffordhurst2564]

The "iInverted Jenny" was not printed in red, white and blue. It was printed in Red & blue, the paper was white!

[@OutdoorsygalO]

Good point. 😉

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

but the paper could have been any color so yes....they chose the paper color with intent hence it truly being red, white and blue

[@stephenmatura1086]

Interesting history lesson. I'm not sure how long stamp collecting will survive as a hobby, given that most kids (and adults) never see a stamp on a letter or parcel from one day to the next.

[@japchae5645]

As a collector/dealer myself...I can say the antiquities and stamp markets are surprisingly doing ok...fewer new people but slowly reviving

[@Cambutalgirl]

Im thirteen and i collect stamps! So its still alive...

[@opera93]

My thought also, I’m Stamped for 60:years on and off,, American, & Classics to 1900,.... so much History ;; e.g Confederate, cape of Good Hope, colonies, etc

[@kokeskokeskokes]

That is how life goes. In 19th century everybody collected stamps, because it was new hobby and expected to grow in value due to awesome collecting potential, with countries, series... You could collect them all back in the day, and you would pay premium for the one you didn't have. Not so much today.

[@bigbulk688]

The daughter of Christie's owner is married the son of Sontheby's owner. I mean the whole collectible market is overblown at this level. Salvador Mundi had proved it. When money is virtual, you can put any pricetag. How does it matter?

[@arthurdubois9978]

Crap. They are publicly listed

[@s0nnyburnett]

You mean old scraps of paper aren't worth 15 million dollars?

[@bigbulk688]

@@arthurdubois9978 So is Amazon.

[@Andformerthingshavepassedaway]

As a coin, Hockey card and stamp collector got a few questions about the Guyana stamp, seems like a little B.S.

[@CatsMeowPaw]

Someone paid $70M a few months ago for nothing more than a URL, so paying millions for a piece of printed paper seems totally sane by comparison.

[@angryjalapeno]

This British Guiana is very rare but the design is extremely uninteresting and unattractive. The real interest seems to be that a bunch of rich people are interested in it.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Smart man 👍

[@ObsessedCollector]

It's a status thing.

[@KeyKiller74]

Why isn't there a grading company for stamps yet? I have a few vintage stamps I'd like to get graded someday.

[@davidho2977]

That's an idea for a business. PCGS charges $30 and up to grade, authenticate and "slab" coins.

[@ObsessedCollector]

The Philatelists Society has been authenticating stamps since the 1930s

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

@@ObsessedCollector authenticating is just the first step of grading

[@dirkbergstrom9751]

FABULOUS!

[@marksnyder8305]

This is covered in the June issue of Art & Antiques magazine.

[@niloybhattacharya8533]

Excellent👍

[@WindsorGoldPlating]

I have a perfect copy of the british guiana 1c magenta. Its from the 1950/60s still on its original paper from a reputable dealer at the time which was brought by my grandad who passed in 1980. He was a stamp collector who must of ordered it as a show piece. I've also got red penny's but plate 76 and 79 and many others. Awesome collection which is now over 100 years old!

[@jeffw.1854]

Yeah right , and pigs fly.

[@adrianhlina401]

Dude, Stuarts marking on the stamp is a real shame.

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

Stuart? What about DuPont's...a convicted murderer

[@Athyxion]

Why does a stamp expert with a giant tooth fit the picture of a stamp expert?

[@steveradell859]

I believe the British Guiana was first acquired by a trade, not a purchase (and the condition is poor.) This stamp sold for more in 2015. It is believed a 2nd existed and was burned by the owner of the 1st. There are a number of unique stamps, this may be the only regular postage non-error issue. The airplane was printed first, the frame is inverted. There is a book about it, including H.R. "Colonel" Green breaking up the sheet

[@ajdc88]

“….he’s mailed it!”

[@idontlikesports]

"Brewster's Millions"?

[@JakubAlexander]

Anyone know the piano song at the very end?

[@esoterical73]

Live in the material, die in the material.

[@domusdiana9379]

Great story!

[@Ehlughveited]

piece of paper with a remarkable value

[@bartobruintjes7056]

$ 15,000,000 for a tiny peace of paper? The world is getting crazier!

[@dmytrodoncov5996]

Bro,it's not a Tiny piece of paper!It's history,and extremaly rare piece of history!

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@dmytrodoncov5996 It's what a madman gives.

[@KonichiWawa]

@@dmytrodoncov5996 So is art ok? Is a painting nothing but canvas and pigments. Too many people these are works of art.

[@allenschmitz9644]

It was the BTC of the 1950's.

[@KonichiWawa]

@@allenschmitz9644 right? =) I have a huge stamp collection I need to get organized.

[@2andretripicchio]

I loved Richard Pryor on Brewster Millions movie when he put the Jenny stamp and posted it, just to desperately spend his money

[@artisttony537]

Wow super nice👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tawnihaynie1065]

Cool. ☺☺☺😇😇😇

[@frankdiscussion2069]

when you spend all your money on stamps instead of dental work

[@jeffreyhagenbush9033]

Hahahahaha looks like he has been chewing rocks all day

[@fktcmdtlk3104]

😂😂

[@joshuazerbe5777]

Something incredibly small and unimaginably rare, better write my name on it...LOL

[@LouisGedo]

Amazing history and incredible collectibles

[@glenncarter9715]

so wheres the follow up of the auction?

[@Gabriello...]

Appetitoso … complimenti 😉

[@pinkguy3146]

Chad: wanna see my $50,000 Paris Dunk sneakers? Gigachad: wanna see my $300,000 PSA holo Charizard?? Gigavirgin: wanna see my $15,000,000 stamp????

[@radish6691]

Apparently you’re new to Earth. If you can afford a $15M stamp there’s no way you’re a virgin. You think cue ball looking Jeff Bezos has trouble finding company for the night? 🤣

[@ObsessedCollector]

I have one of those Zards, theyre not THAT expensive anymore. The bubble burst

[@CaStW]

Wow,Awesome!😊👍 New subscriber here.

[@jamesallison4875]

Love this stuff. Who would know? Thanks

[@ypcomchic]

There could be millions of these stamps in private collectors collection but since they haven’t gone through Sotheby’s for sale then the ones they do get are “rare”. Thus they raise the price.

[@atlascove1810]

just imagine what would happen if they found another

[@mariaeugeniaazcuimatos7022]

Me encantaria que las explicaciones se hagan mas pausadas. No se ve bien las eatampillas que muestran. Gracias.

[@runningdebate2670]

Can't wait to bid on these babies

[@keysersoze503]

Frankly the British Giuana is not a good looking stamp. It looks kind of ratty. Of course he's talking it up.

[@davidho2977]

I would have thought the owners writing their names on the back of the Guiana stamp would lower the value.

[@brumels1570]

The owners are paying to put graffiti on the stamp. IMO there is nothing philatelically interesting about this stamp.

[@g__o__l__d__6673]

di d they sell

[@northerniltree]

T.J. Mullins, one of the first U.S. airmail pilots, often flew his Jenny upside-down as a way to get his route finished posthaste. This was simply a depiction of that, and not an error.

[@steelman86]

And all of a sudden YOU can re write history with this tale of yours!!!! Congratulations, you should write a book which will reside in THE FICTION section of the DOLLAR STORE,!!

[@정길주-w9p]

좋아요~~

[@DavidSaks]

Stamp Collecting is the greatest hobby of all. It is a great assemblage of exceptional, scholarly inquiry devoted to the study of postal history & stamp production. It is an act of God that will reveal all of the wonders and miracles of the entire world to you on a tiny canvas.

[@mjproebstle]

well stated

[@comonsensai]

Latest news is that the auction did not achieve the desired results.

[@jayneneewing2369]

Wow! I have some of his shoes! Too bad he didn’t drop either of those into my box of shoes. 😉

[@w.urlitzer1869]

Guiana sold 8 million which includes buyer's premium, so the hammer price was slightly above 7 million, well below even the low estimate. Weitzman lost over 2 million dollars on this one.

[@pawpatrolnews]

Wow, I thought the collectibles market was on fire night now

[@ObsessedCollector]

@@pawpatrolnews it's been cooling. A base nm+ unlimited Charizard is only 300 now. In March it was 900!

[@pawpatrolnews]

@@ObsessedCollector Wow, I wonder why the hype is no longer there? What's the new hot thing people are putting their money into?

[@leodf1]

@@pawpatrolnews The hot things are over. People were squandering their pandemic stimulus checks. Now they're getting hit with reality.

[@leodf1]

How do you know what he paid for it?

[@hellocollegejason198]

The Jenny sold for 4.86 million.

[@LEEFLORES-lh9gj]

the post mark DEC 19, 1976, shows a value $280.000. it would be nice to have anyone of these two stamps...

[@ironicallyvague1265]

So basically if you're employed producing Stamps or Coins you should make a few "mistales" & keep a couple for yourself.

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

actually this has been done in the past, particularly with coins

[@kokeskokeskokes]

@@hyfy-tr2jy We have inverted prints, too. They are called Minister's series, because they were all accidentally bought by various ministers. 100% of them. This was in 1919.

[@Infodawg2012]

There are 100 Inverted Jennies in exixtence so it's not rare at all. It's just famous and hyped.

[@randenpederson4784]

humans are amazingly stupid. however, getting all gaga over some scraps of paper has to be near the top of our stupidity.

[@711jastin]

So everyone checked in on the back of that stamp to swag who they were in the most expensive way.

[@throughmyeyes9940]

was 50k in the 1950s

[@aayanchaudhary5530]

I have many rAre stamps and want to sell them but how?

[@ObsessedCollector]

eBay

[@randorandom]

dude's teeth are throwing up gang signs

[@baileyayyy5085]

Really cool sotherbys next can you make a tutorial on how you help rich people launder money by manipulating the art market?

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

I have a whole book of those stamps.

[@Card_Asylum]

🤣 🤣 Yea me too.

[@steelman86]

And me too!!!!

[@Card_Asylum]

@@steelman86 hell yeah! I think my neighbors kid does too.

[@cptrikester2671]

I have a lot of things that there are only one of. The trick is now to convince a few VERY RICH people that they need to have them. I won't even charge $10M.

[@ObsessedCollector]

Same, I have the only known copy of Al Jolson's 1st appearance in print as the Jazz Singer ONE day after he signed with WB. It's an official WB newsletter. May 27, 1927 and it never met the $100 reserve on eBay. Now I refuse to ever list it again.

[@imranshekhi5662]

Sir 200 old stamps avelibal 1763...1963 son

[@jayd.o.t]

Stick it to the Man

[@vkollekciyu]

Very, very 🙏 🚀👍🍀

[@GD-tt6hl]

The real story is the creepy guy with a shoe fetish who put his stiletto symbol and name on it.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

He is a shoe salesman.

[@stephenmatura1086]

@@w.urlitzer1869 Perhaps at weekends he might be a shoe saleslady! :-)

[@susprime7018]

At least Irving used pencil to deface it.

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

creepy guy with the shoe???? what about DuPont's....a convicted murderer!

[@AsgarCg]

Hello. I have a collection of valuable and rare original stamps from several countries with a long life. Can you help or buy?

[@JakesToFar]

SP3K-TAK-ULA

[@wesdenham282]

Earth to Sotheby’s: Please get dentistry for your spokespeople before putting them on the Internet.

[@davidho2977]

I heard the fake teeth or implants are pretty good now.

[@Handlethis.96]

Wow

[@rotarystone7085]

100 million

[@davidho2977]

The British Guina is not rarer than the inverted Jenny plate block. They are both unique.

[@claireabella1]

The rich are selling while they can. Save your cash yall, winter is coming.

[@supremereader7614]

If we’re gonna hit inflation, you want anything besides to be sitting on cash, which by definition is losing value. With real property or stocks you’re much more protected from inflation.

[@susprime7018]

@@supremereader7614 until the crash but yes at least you can grow vegetables in dirt

[@pinkguy3146]

Give me your private snapchat and onlyfans and Ill show you something else thats coming

[@claireabella1]

@@supremereader7614 we're not facing inflation. its DEFLATION we're headed to. do your research.

[@claireabella1]

@Tim Thomas ur either a troll or a dumbass boomer lol. gl tho

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Sometimes I am amazed of how stupid us people are! How we let ourselves scammed by people smarter then us. A little piece of nothing with a great story created around it sold for a fortune.

[@bryancheong3830]

It’s just a stamp

[@kaloarepo288]

What will happen when stamps are completely obsolete and everything is digital -the hobby will be eventually obsolete as well?

[@angryjalapeno]

What will happen to digital when fuel for electricity runs out?

[@ObsessedCollector]

Then one person will be able to lay claim to a 100% world stamp collection

[@jamesmiller2332]

I have asked hundreds and hundreds of people I know and not one of them collect stamps. I sure would like to find somebody that is interested in them.

[@iamgabriel5823]

I have collected stamps for 40 years. Still do.

[@mjproebstle]

i have collected for 40 years. it never gets old, even tho i am!

[@davidho2977]

Look on gargle to see if there are any stamp collector clubs near you.

[@cliffordhurst2564]

Try contacting the American Philatelic Association, or the Ntional Society foryour country if not amerian. They will be happy to put you in touch with the nearest local Philatelic Society

[@bw2082]

I’m distracted by his jacked up teeth.

[@SantaBarbaraBiking]

It looks like they would give him years of pain.

[@davidmartin2957]

Queen of the United Kingdom. Please

[@WvhKerkhof]

The Tre Skilling Banco fro Sweden has the same story as the Guyana stamp. It was the best story for may years, a stamp without a story is always worthless. A boy that found a stamp is a very strong story. Now we think what an coincedence 2x the same story, this can't be true. Fake news started with stamps.

[@Hortidave]

Madness

[@ehabelbakry8872]

عندي ظرف اول بريد جيني المقلوبه

[@Andformerthingshavepassedaway]

I've collected.stamps, coins, Hocley and baseball cards as did.my father but this Guyana stamp I'm m calling bullshit on alot of it, sorry guys.

[@pamavery9352]

Why do Brits always have poor teeth/ oral care???

[@Flavum]

They don't "always". This man does, however.

[@deannemccollum2650]

Fix the teeth dude!!

[@edmondscott7444]

Can you get rid of that awful music please when you speak. Ruins video.

[@tvoprosucks]

whats up with his teeth,

[@ME-nm1go]

Make them into an NFT and burn it. I dare you!!! Do it!!!

[@MrFrog_]

If (when) the World goes to pot what use will a stamp be to you?

[@stephmaccormick3195]

What a load of BS...

[@larry785]

According to Buddha, material items do not bring inner peace.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

and neither does youtube.

[@supremereader7614]

😂 they’re trying to sell it so quickly. I wouldn’t even want it. 🤦‍♂️