Tuesday, 8. June 2004
Topic: NEWS english - on June 8, 2004 at 7:16:00 AM CEST
World's most valuable stamp is worth even more when measured by weight
There's no question the Swedish Treskilling Yellow is the world's most valuable stamp. The last time it was on the market it sold for a healthy $1.9 million US ($2.6 million Cdn).
But Swedish researchers said Monday the stamp is worth even more if one goes by weight.
The Swedish National Testing and Research Institute measured for the first time the stamp's exact mass, volume and density and worked out its value per kilogram.
Since the stamp itself weighs just 0.03 grams (or 0.0009 ounces), and using the purchase price as the measure, then the stamp is worth a whopping 562 billion kronor ($102.1 billion Cdn) per kilogram.
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