The Penny Black, dating from 1840, will be part of Sotheby’s “Treasures” sale on Dec. 7, the auction house announced Tuesday. This Penny Black was from the first sheet printed, the Australian ...

A block of rare postage stamps, found hidden in a cupboard, could be worth up to £200,000 when it is sold at auction. The ...

The Penny Black, which introduced a flat rate, was used starting May 6, 1840. Before that, the recipient paid the postage cost. The world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is going up for ...

The most valuable stamp in the world, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta, failed to set yet another world record at auction. Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on ...

An ultra-rare U.S. postage stamp is going under the hammer this summer — and it may fetch as much as $5 million. Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York recently announced that it will be ...

A rare, 12-cent U.S. postage stamp showing an image of our nation’s first president sold for tens of thousands of dollars at auction last month. The stamp, which includes a portrait bust of George ...

An example of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is being offered at a Sotheby’s auction in December. Dating from 1840, the item is "the earliest securely dated example of the first ...

NEW YORK -- A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world's most valuable stamp - again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's first-ever stamp will go up for auction later this year. The unused Penny Black is part of a document that's expected ...