Batmanu, what’s his PlayStation name? Can’t remember but him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXM4eIoPZUU
Masabumi Hosono survived the Titanic, but not the public's scorn.
Masabumi Hosono survived the Titanic, but not the public's scorn.
Molloy then posted again under his “poundforpound” username at 8.58pm naming the man.
Just saying, and that is a fact.
At first glance it could be an old scrap of paper that has had blackcurrant juice knocked over it. In reality it is, in terms of size, weight and material, arguably the most valuable object in the world. When it goes to auction in June it is expected to sell for between $10m and $15m – more than a billion times its original value.
The scrap of paper is the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, which was created in 1856 and is the most famous and valuable stamp in the world. “It is the Mona Lisa of philately,” said David Beech, a philatelic expert. “It is the one stamp that every philatelist and every collector would have heard about and seen an illustration of.”
It was discovered in 1873 by a budding 12-year-old philatelist called Vernon Vaughan, a Scottish boy living in British Guiana. He found it in his uncle’s papers, thought it looked valuable and sold it for six shillings.
The stamp was passed through collectors before being spotted by Count Philipp La Rénotière von Ferrary of Paris, who devoted his life to philately and amassed the greatest and most comprehensive collection of stamps in history.
He died of a heart attack in 1917, leaving his stamps “with pride and joy to my German fatherland”.
France seized the collection from Berlin in 1920, selling the stamps at auction with the proceeds deducted from Germany’s war reparations.
The auction was attended by the agents of the world’s greatest collectors, including King George V of England and King Carol II of Romania.
The winning bidder, setting a world record for a single stamp, was a Bradford-born industrialist called Arthur Hind, who made his fortune in the US making upholstery fabrics.
Subsequent owners included an Australian engineer called Frederick T Small who kept his ownership so quiet that, it is said, his wife didn’t even know he had bought it.
It was sold in 1980 for a record $935,000 to an anonymous bidder, who was later revealed as John du Pont, the eccentric millionaire, amateur sportsman and dedicated stamp collector who murdered the wrestler Dave Schultz.
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Batmanu, what’s his PlayStation name? Can’t remember but him
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Sunny Osaf it was
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Nice one
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Rockin actor from NZ
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pearl angel
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXM4eIoPZUU
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Masabumi Hosono survived the Titanic, but not the public's scorn.
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Pearl angel
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Arsenal Psycho
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London Dave
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Papa John’s
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Masabumi Hosono survived the Titanic, but not the public's scorn.
posted on 29/4/21
Molloy then posted again under his “poundforpound” username at 8.58pm naming the man.
posted on 29/4/21
Just saying, and that is a fact.
posted on 29/4/21
At first glance it could be an old scrap of paper that has had blackcurrant juice knocked over it. In reality it is, in terms of size, weight and material, arguably the most valuable object in the world. When it goes to auction in June it is expected to sell for between $10m and $15m – more than a billion times its original value.
posted on 29/4/21
The scrap of paper is the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, which was created in 1856 and is the most famous and valuable stamp in the world. “It is the Mona Lisa of philately,” said David Beech, a philatelic expert. “It is the one stamp that every philatelist and every collector would have heard about and seen an illustration of.”
posted on 29/4/21
It was discovered in 1873 by a budding 12-year-old philatelist called Vernon Vaughan, a Scottish boy living in British Guiana. He found it in his uncle’s papers, thought it looked valuable and sold it for six shillings.
posted on 29/4/21
The stamp was passed through collectors before being spotted by Count Philipp La Rénotière von Ferrary of Paris, who devoted his life to philately and amassed the greatest and most comprehensive collection of stamps in history.
posted on 29/4/21
He died of a heart attack in 1917, leaving his stamps “with pride and joy to my German fatherland”.
posted on 29/4/21
France seized the collection from Berlin in 1920, selling the stamps at auction with the proceeds deducted from Germany’s war reparations.
posted on 29/4/21
The auction was attended by the agents of the world’s greatest collectors, including King George V of England and King Carol II of Romania.
posted on 29/4/21
The winning bidder, setting a world record for a single stamp, was a Bradford-born industrialist called Arthur Hind, who made his fortune in the US making upholstery fabrics.
posted on 29/4/21
Subsequent owners included an Australian engineer called Frederick T Small who kept his ownership so quiet that, it is said, his wife didn’t even know he had bought it.
posted on 29/4/21
It was sold in 1980 for a record $935,000 to an anonymous bidder, who was later revealed as John du Pont, the eccentric millionaire, amateur sportsman and dedicated stamp collector who murdered the wrestler Dave Schultz.
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