"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Stamp World -- Travels with David -- One cent (1856: printed, sold, and forgotten) -- Six shillings (1873: found by a twelve-year-old) -- £120 (1878: Glasgow and London) -- £150 (1878: the man in the yachting cap) -- $32,500 (1922: the plutocrat with the cigar) -- $40,000 (1940: the angry widow, Macy's and the other plutocrat) -- $286,000 (1970: the Wilkes-Barre eight) -- $935,000 (1980: "the man showed up") -- $9.5 million (2014: "I expected to see magenta, and I saw magenta"
Summary:
"When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper sold at Sotheby's for nearly $9.5 million, the largest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned, and sold the one-cent magenta in the years in between, James Barron delivers a fascinating tale of global history and immense wealth, and of the human desire to collect"-- Provided by publisher.
