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It has been described as a “shoddy-looking thing”, and like “a red-wine stain or a receipt that’s been through the wash a few times”. The item in question is a stamp, one of a kind. It is now on public view in London, ahead of its auctioning in New York in June, when it is expected to fetch around £10m. The story of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta began when, in 1855, only 5,000 of an expected 50,000 stamps were shipped to the colony from England. The postmaster therefore commissioned “contingency” stamps – crude versions of the official issues, some of them four-cent ...

The appeal of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta may seem inexplicable, but it tells a very human story The back of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp at Sotheby’s in London. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian The back of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp at Sotheby’s in London. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian Fri 30 Apr 2021 12.49 EDT Last modified on Fri 30 Apr 2021 14.02 EDT It has been described as a “shoddy-looking thing”, and like “a red-wine stain or a receipt that’s been through the wash a few times”. The item in question is a stam...

Anna Delvey is Manhattan's most notorious conwoman Credit: Eric T White Styling: Jenesee Utley Anna Delvey is fresh out of jail and has recently moved into a new apartment in West Chelsea. It's the first home she's ever had in New York City. Until her three-year spell in prison, she'd spent four years living it up in suites in five-star Manhattan hotels such as 11 Howard and The Standard - without paying for them. Hence the move to a not-very-five-star prison cell. Now she's adapting to life with neither hotel concierge on call nor prison guard. "I have to shop for tissues and toilet paper, s...