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The best-known stamps:

Treskilling Yellow (Sweden)

Penny Black (Britain)

Blue Penny (Mauritius)

Inverted Jenny (U.S.)

Basel Dove (Switzerland)

British Guiana 1c Magenta

Benjamin Franklin Z Grill (U.S.)

By country:

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ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires 1859 1-peso Tete-beche Pair - unique

AUSTRALIA

Inverted Swan

AUSTRIA

Red Mercury

BERMUDA

Perot Provisional

BRAZIL

Bull's Eye

Goat's Eye

BRITISH GUIANA

British Guiana 1c Magenta - unique

CANADA

Canada 12d Black

Canada 2c Large Queen On Laid Paper - rarest Canadian stamp

Bluenose

St. Lawrence Seaway Invert

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Cape 4d Black Triangle

Cape 4d Red Error Of Color

CONFEDERATE STATES

CSA #10 - rarest Confederate Stamp

FALKLAND ISLANDS

HMS Glasgow Error

FINLAND

Finland 20k Black Stamped Envelope - most valuable postal stationery

FRANCE

One Franc Vermilion

Black Twenty Centimes

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

German East Africa 1 Rupee Used At Tabora

GERMANY

Baden 9kr Blue-green Error Of Color

Saxony 3pf Red Sheet

Saxony 1/2g On Light Blue Paper Error

Vineta Provisional

GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar 10c Missing-value Error

HAWAII

Hawaiian Missionaries - first stamps of Hawaii

HONDURAS

Black Honduras - black airmail overprint, two known

HONG KONG

Hong Kong Jubilee 1891 - first overprinted commemorative stamp in the world

George VI - Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee 1948

INDIA

Scinde Dawk - first stamps of Asia

Inverted Head Four Annas

IRELAND

Twopence Coil Stamp

ITALY

Tuscany 3-lira Ocher

Tuscany 4-crazie Lion Inverted Tablet - unique error

Italy General Balbo Triptych

Gronchi Rosa

JAMAICA

Jamaica 1sh Inverted-frame Error

JAPAN

Sutherland Local Boos

Japan 500m Dragon Invert

MAURITIUS

Blue Penny

Red Penny

NEW ZEALAND

1906 Christchurch Exhibition 1d Claret Colour – miscoloured

Teddy Bear Health Stamp – withdrawn because of an illegal depiction

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PAKISTAN

Set of Four Stamps

ROMANIA

Cap De Bour - issued by the principality of Moldova in 1858

SWEDEN

Treskilling Yellow - unique error, most valuable stamp

SWITZERLAND

Basel Dove

Double Geneva

Zurich 4 And Zurich 6

" Swiss Wood - Naturally "

UGANDA

Uganda Cowries - first stamps of Uganda, produced on typewriter

UNITED KINGDOM

Penny Black - world's first postage stamp

Penny Blue - Trial printings from a Penny Black plate

Two Pence Blue - issued for second rate step, at same time as Penny Black

VR Official - first official stamp

Prince Consort Essay

Penny Red - improved follow ons to the Penny Black

Archer Roulette - experimental separation of stamps

Edward VII 2d Tyrian Plum - withdrawn before issue, but one used

''See also'' List Of British Postage Stamps

UNITED STATES

St. Louis Bear

Alexandria "Blue Boy" Postmaster's Provisional - Unique, entire.

New York Postmaster's Provisional

1c Z Grill - rarest US stamp

Black Bull - dollar value of 1898 Trans-Miss

Inverted Jenny - the "upside-down airplane"

Dag Hammarskjöld Invert - error deliberately mass-produced

CIA Invert - modern error

URUGUAY

Uruguay 180-centesimo Sol De Mayo Red Error Of Color - unique

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