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A new world record has been set for the anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight of a postage stamp. Not just any anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight stamp, but a one-of-a- anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta was sold at an anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight in New York for $9.48 million. The auction house, Sotheby's, said it was the fourth time the stamp has broken the record. Sotheby's anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight chairman David Redden said the record would never be broken again, anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight the same stamp came up for auction again. He told reporters: "That price will be hard to beat, and anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight won't be exceeded unless the British Guiana itself comes up for sale again in the anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight." David Beech, a former anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight of stamps at the British Library, compared the sale to buying the anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight the 'Mona Lisa'.

The stamp was bought by an anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight buyer. It was anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight owned by John E. du Pont, an anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight to the du Pont chemical fortune. He is anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight in prison for anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight shooting an Olympic champion wrestler. It was first discovered in 1873 by a 12-year-old stamp anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight. He sold it a few years later for six shillings - about $50 in today's money and a tidy sum back then. It has since had a anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight owners, including the French government. Mr Redden marvelled at how sought after the stamp has become. He said: "This is the most anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight item in the world by anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight. It's just a tiny piece of paper." He added he was happy that the stamp had been bought by a collector who would cherish it, and not by an anonymousartworkauctioncollectorcuratorcurrentlydozenfatallyfutureheirinvestorkindlikelyoldpreviouslysaleunlessvaluableviceweight.