Stamp projects to do at home

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In 2005, an 1868 Benjamin Franklin ‘Z-Grill’, bought in 1998 for $935,000, was traded for $3 million worth of Inverted Jennies. Making that one gramme piece of blue paper worth more than a flat in Chelsea or a Constable painting. The GB250 Index, which tracks the value of 250 rare, British stamps has had a compound annual growth of 13.4% since 1991, and has not dipped in that time. Not even when the stock-market reacts to global events like the current pandemic.

By weight, stamps are the most valuable commodities on Earth. At least the ‘right’ stamps are,