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"This is the first ever stamp, the precursor to all stamps, and unequivocally the most important piece of philatelic history to exist," Henry House, head of Sotheby’s Treasures Sale, said in a statement.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2021

The Smithsonian’s philatelic curator, Catherine Manning, tried to raise the money to buy the stamp, Mr. Piazza recalled in an email, but failed, and it again passed into private hands, this time for $45,000.

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2021

Visitors come to the house: a female violinist who plays for injured soldiers in field hospitals; a philatelic economist; a painter charged with sketching what remains of the local landmarks.

From New York Times • May 25, 2018

A note is included with the right-side-up rarities, alerting buyers that they’ve hit a philatelic goldmine.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2015

The late Mr. H. L. Ewen wrote an exhaustive article on the numerous varieties of this stamp but as most of these were simply due to errors of register their philatelic importance is slight.

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry