Despite great expectations, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp got licked in a much anticipated auction this morning. The diminutive wisp of paper was expected to set a new world ...

A rare postage stamp printed in British Guiana in 1856 and most recently owned by a du Pont heir convicted of murder is expected to fetch a record price of $10 million to $20 million at a New York ...

The octagonal one-cent magenta stamp from British Guiana – now the Republic of Guyana – dates back to 1856 and at 2.5cm by 3.2cm has become the priciest object by weight and size, according to ...

British Guiana, which has towns with nice names such as Paradise, Better Hope, and Bachelor’s Adventure, has a population of 658,000. Of these, 330,000 are East Indians ...

British Guiana is remembered for issuing a stamp that became the most valuable in the world, the one-cent Magenta of 1856. The last time the Magenta came on the market, in 1990, it was auctioned ...

Pansy Jeffrey was born in 1926 in Berbice in British Guiana, and in 1946 travelled to Britain, where she trained as a nurse, midwife and health visitor.

During British Guiana’s crippling, 79-day strike, Gimpex saved the day for Jagan. When food reserves dried up and the opposition threatened to starve the government out of office, Gimpex ...

The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, with its three-masted sailing ship, carries the postal clerk Edmond D. Wight's initials to deter counterfeiters. Smithsonian's National Postal Museum To ...

Under the leadership of Dr. Cheddi Jagan, British Guiana has been attempting since 1953 to pursue a policy of gradual socialism in the domestic sphere and a policy of neutralism abroad.

British Guiana is the third largest producer of this ore in the free world, accounting for one tenth of the total output. Annual production is slightly below 2.5 million long tons; ...