Some stamps are rare. Do you know a person who collects them? Stamp collecting is a popular hobby. Some people take it very seriously. Guinness World Records keeps track of stamp collectors and collections. Here are a few amazing records.
$9,480,000
was the value of the most expensive stamp ever sold. That’s nearly $10 million! The sale was in 2014.
70
is the most stamps licked in one minute. The record was set in Nepal in 2010.
14,558
stamps are in the largest collection featuring birds. This record was set in 2018.
35,000
members make up the world’s largest stamp-collecting society. They live in more than 100 countries.
3,262,723,132
miles is the longest distance ever traveled by a stamp. In 2016, a stamp was stuck onto a NASA craft. It traveled more than 3 billion miles into space.
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