Thank you for reporting on the record $9.5 million achieved at auction for the British Guiana one-cent magenta stamp, even though the item was non-numismatic.

Actually, there is a numismatic connection: the stamp is featured on two coins issued by the British Virgin Islands in 2004 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the death of Rowland Hill-a $5 coin in .990 red titanium (KM#284) and a $75 bi-metallic coin, .990 red titanium core in .999 gold ring (KM#285), for which I attach an image found in sales material of the Pobjoy Mint.

The narrative of the two coins in my book Watercraft on World Coins, Vol. II: America and Asia, 1800-2008 follows:

A nice increase in value for that stamp-from $935,000 in 1980 to $9,500,000 now!

To read the complete article, see:BRITISH GUIANA 1C MAGENTA STAMP SETS RECORD(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n26a20.html)