Thus, it became the most expensive brand in the world sold at auction. Unofficially called The Princess of Philately, British Pink Guiana was printed in 1856 in Georgetown, the capital of modern Guyana. The local postmaster issued three series of stamps of various denominations, when this country, which at that time was a colony of Great Britain, did not receive the promised shipment of stamps from London. Of the cheapest series with a face value of 1 cent, only one brand has survived, which was sold in New York. British Pink Guiana was used only to deliver newspapers, and for a very short time. According to the organizers of the auction, its estimated value ranged from US $ 10 million to US $ 20 million.
Until 2010, British Pink Guiana was owned by multimillionaire John Dupont, who was convicted of murder and died in prison in the United States. He acquired the brand in 1980 for $ 935 thousand. The last time she exhibited in Perth (Australia) in 1987. Prior to British Pink Guiana, the Swedish brand Yellow Triskilling was considered the most expensive. In 1996, she went under the hammer in Switzerland for 2.8 million francs ($ 2.3 million). In 2010, it was again sold at auction, but the organizers of the auction refused to divulge its price, noting only that it exceeded the previous record.
