The Three-Skilling Yellow

The Three-Skilling Yellow is an error of Sweden's very first stamp issue from 1855. The normal stamp, which in itself is rather scarce, has a blue-green color. It is a one-of -a- kind rarity, as no other copies have been discovered to date.

In 1984 the stamp made headlines when it was sold by David Feldman for 977,500 Swiss francs. A 1990 sale realized over one million US dollars, then In 1996 the stamp was sold to an anonymous collector for $2.3 million at auction. Each time it has been sold it has set world records.

The first two Mauritius stamps

The first two Mauritius stamps (1847) were also the first stamps authorized by any British colonial government. Only one example of the first stamp is known in unused condition, while three unused second stamps are known.

A 1993 auction by David Feldman of the Hiroyuki Kanai collection of Mauritius resulted in numerous record-setting prices, including the sale of one unused example of each of the first two Mauritius issues. The first orange stamp sold for $1,072,260, and the second blue sold for $1,148,850.