How can I tell if a stamp is from China?

Some early stamps of China can be identified by the common image of a sunburst within a circle. A 1936 $1 China stamp that depicts a lighthouse with a typical sunburst above (Scott 334) is pictured with the column.

Where can I sell my old Chinese stamps?

You could try to sell your inherited Chinese stamp collection on eBay. eBay is more cost effective than using a traditional auction house. The seller premium is lower (around 15%). There are good online auction houses that specialize in selling stamps on eBay: the two best known are NYStamps and CKStamps.

What foreign stamps are worth money?

World’s most valuable stamps

• $9,480,000. British Guiana 1-Cent Magenta, 1856.
• $2,600,000. Treskilling Yellow stamp, 1855.
• $2,600,000. The Sicilian Error of Colour, 1859.
• €2,400,000. Post Office Mauritius, 1847.
• $2,000,000. The Whole Country is Red stamp, 1968.
• $1,545,000. Baden 9 Kreuzer error stamp, 1851.
• $933,300.
• $878,908.

What is the most expensive Chinese stamp?

Meet China’s Most Expensive Stamps! China’s rarest regularly-issued stamp – the 1897 Red Revenue Small One Dollar – sold for HK$6.9 million in Hong Kong this week, beating its presale estimate of HK$6.5 million.

What is the most valuable US postage stamp?

Surprisingly, the 1-cent magenta stamp has become one of the most valuable stamps as the time passed by. For the past 141 years, this stamp has been bouncing to and fro one collector to another, being sold privately or at public auctions for ever-increasing sale values.

What are rare stamps?

“Rare stamps” is a very broad term. Many such stamps with high values look much like cheap stamps of the same period – a tiny difference in a stamp design or in an overprint can literally be thousands of dollars in value – or the difference between a real stamp and a total fake.

What is a rare stamp?

The 1856 one-cent “Black on Magenta” of British Guiana is regarded as the rarest stamp in the world, and until recently the most expensive. It is a rectangular stamp of black ink printed on magenta paper with the corners snipped off.