The history of today
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1995: The auction of the Honolulu Advertiser Collection the most valuable collection of stamps put up for auction in the United States begins in New York. It ultimately sells for "just shy" of $9.8 million. The top price of the sale was $2.09 million for an 1852 letter mailed with Hawai'i's first stamp, the 2-cent Missionary. The stamp collection was owned by Persis Corp., a private investment company headed by Thurston Twigg-Smith, former owner of The Advertiser.
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