Rare stamps on display; Most valuable American stamp is featured at the Washington show

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | May 28, 2006| | Copyright

WASHINGTON (AP) - The most valuable single American stamp was originally worth only a penny.

The 1-cent stamp, called a Z-grill, contains a picture of Benjamin Franklin. It will be featured at the Washington 2006 stamp show, which opened Saturday and runs through June 2 at the Washington Convention Center.

The show hosted first-day-of-issue ceremonies for the Postal Service's "Wonders of America" stamps on opening day, followed by the joint U.S.-Canada issue for Samuel de Champlain today.

First-day ceremonies are also scheduled at the show for stamps issued by the United Nations, Marshall ...

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