One Cent Magenta Stamp Tour with Lunch

One Cent Magenta Stamp Tour with Lunch

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Pembatalan percuma tersedia
5j 30m
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A journey into the colonial history of Guyana and the story of the 1 cent Magenta, the world's rarest and most expensive postage stamp.

The One-Cent Magenta Stamp was first discovered by a 12-year-old schoolboy, L. Vernon Vaughan, amongst some family papers in the 1856 edition of The Royal Gazette, Georgetown, in 1873.

He sold it for six shillings, apparently convinced he could find a better stamp example, but no one ever has.

It was no longer an ordinary stamp, a disposable element on a newspaper that was itself disposable. From the 1870s, the one-cent magenta was prized, tucked away in closely watched storage cabinets in palaces or vaults in banks. It fits the definition of collected objects prescribed by the cultural historian Philipp Blom in 2011. Such things “are like holy relics,” he wrote. “They have shed their original function and become totems.”

This tour will bring you close to the home of the world's rarest stamp.

Lokasi aktiviti

Guyana National Park
- Thomas Road
- Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Titik Pertemuan/Penebusan

Guyana National Park
- Thomas Road
- Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

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One Cent Magenta Stamp Tour with Lunch

5j 30m
Bahasa Jerman

Pickup included

Pengembara

Bahasa yang tersedia

Masa bermula: 09:00

Butiran harga

RM 778.70 x 1 DewasaRM 778.70

Jumlah

Perkara yang dirangkumi dan tidak dirangkumi

soft drinks tea and coffee

Ketahui sebelum anda tempah

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Jadual perjalanan aktiviti

Guyana National Park

30m

Our first stop is a visit to the Manatee Pond in the National Park . Manatee’s were depicted on Guyanese stamps in 1993.

Walter Rodney Archives

30m

Visit the Walter Rodney Archive and see an original copy of the Royal Gazette newspaper which the 1 cent magenta was found on

High Street

15m

Visit the original site of the Royal Gazette newspaper who were commissioned to print the 1 cent Magenta in 1856.

Guyana National Museum

30m

Visit the Guyana Museum and see the original printing press that the 1 Cent Magenta Stamp was printed on. View the range of stamps that form part of the exhibition.

Parliament Building of Guyana

30m

We then journey to the Parliament Building , the site of the first Post office in Guyana and view the original post box This was the Post Office where the 1 cent Magenta Stamp was sold

Guyana Post Office Corporation Headquarters

45m

Then go to the Philatelic shop in the Georgetown Post Office and view and maybe purchase the Guyanese Stamps and First Day Covers .

Foreshaw Street

30m

Visit the Tortoise Protective Haven where 12 giant yellow and red footed tortoises roam. The tortoises featured on the 2012 Reptiles of South America Stamp edition.

Foreshaw Street

2j

Then its off to the Secret Garden with the coconut palm and bamboo gazebo where Eon John will prepare a sumptuous meal of traditional British fare with a Guyanese twist which the young finder of the stamp and his uncle the original owner of the 1 cent magenta would have enjoyed This will consist of Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding ,Roast Potatoes ,Baked Pumpkin, Callaloo and Gravy . After which a delightful fresh fruit salad with coconut patisserie and coconut jelly See the original Donald Duck comic that Walt Disney created in 1952 to chart Donald Ducks adventures into British Guinea to find the world’s rarest stamp and see photos of President Ali with the 1 cent Magenta in London

Lokasi

Lokasi aktiviti

Guyana National Park
- Thomas Road
- Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Titik Pertemuan/Penebusan

Guyana National Park
- Thomas Road
- Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

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