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A new world was set for the of a stamp. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta was sold in New York for $9.48 million. It is the time the stamp has broken the record. The auction , Sotheby's said: "That will be hard to beat, and won't be exceeded the British Guiana comes up for sale again in the ." An on stamps at the British Library said the sale was like buying the 'Mona Lisa'.

An buyer bought the stamp. An to the du Pont chemical was the last . He is in prison for killing an Olympic wrestler. A 12-year-old stamp first found the stamp in 1873. He sold it a few years for about $50 in today's . It has since had a owners. Sotheby's said: "This is the most item in the world by weight. It's just a piece of paper." They were happy a collector bought it.

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