Mosque, Sikh temple feature on stamp noting King Charles III, new head of Church of England
King Charles III, who will be anointed as head of the Church of England on May 6, is being commemorated with a Royal Mail postage stamp depicting a wood engraving of a mosque, a Buddhist temple and a Sikh gurdwara among other houses of worship. Captioned “Diversity and Community,” the stamp depicts a Jew, a Muslim, a […]
Rare ‘Inverted Jenny’ stamp nabs record $2 million at New York auction
An unspoiled copy of one of the rarest American stamps changed hands for a record $2 million on Wednesday, the New York auction house that sold the 1918 “Inverted Jenny” stamp said. The same stamp had sold for $1.6 million just five years earlier. The 24-cent airmail stamp shows a Curtiss Jenny aircraft, printed upside down at […]