A journey into the colonial history of Guyana and the story of the 1 cent Magenta, the world's rarest and most expensive postage stamp.
The One-Cent Magenta Stamp was first discovered by a 12-year-old schoolboy, L. Vernon Vaughan, amongst some family papers in the 1856 edition of The Royal Gazette, Georgetown, in 1873.
He sold it for six shillings, apparently convinced he could find a better stamp example, but no one ever has.
It was no longer an ordinary stamp, a disposable element on a newspaper that was itself disposable. From the 1870s, the one-cent magenta was prized, tucked away in closely watched storage cabinets in palaces or vaults in banks. It fits the definition of collected objects prescribed by the cultural historian Philipp Blom in 2011. Such things "are like holy relics," he wrote. "They have shed their original function and become totems."
This tour will bring you close to the home of the world's rarest stamp.
Manatee’s were depicted on Guyanese stamps in 1993.
wspaper which the 1 cent magenta was found on
North Road and Hincks St, Georgetown, Guyana
Visit the Guyana Museum and see the original printing press that the 1 Cent Magenta Stamp was printed on. View the range of stamps that form part of the exhibition.
Hadfield Street, Georgetown, Guyana
We then journey to the Parliament Building , the site of the first Post office in Guyana and view the original post box This was the Post Office where the 1 cent Magenta Stamp was sold
purchase the Guyanese Stamps and First Day Covers .
The tortoises featured on the 2012 Reptiles of South America Stamp edition.
Eon John will prepare a sumptuous meal of traditional British fare with a Guyanese twist which the young finder of the stamp and his uncle the original owner of the 1 cent magenta would have enjoyed This will consist of Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding ,Roast Potatoes ,Baked Pumpkin, Callaloo and Gravy . After which a delightful fresh fruit salad with coconut patisserie and coconut jelly See the original Donald Duck comic that Walt Disney created in 1952 to chart Donald Ducks adventures into British Guinea to find the world’s rarest stamp and see photos of President Ali with the 1 cent Magenta in London
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
ジョージタウンをカテゴリー別に見る - スキップ・ザ・ラインチケット、ウォーキングツアー、日帰り旅行、グルメ体験など
