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"stamp collecting and investing - particularly as rare stamps have also proven a sound investment historically," according to Stanley Gibbons, the leading UK stamp dealer.

They should know better. Stanley Gibbons GB30 index benchmarks the 30 rarest stamps and dates back to the 1950s. And according to them, this index has not declined in value during any five-year period since 1970.

Between 1998 and 2008, the index rose by 245.2 per cent, with the best-performing stamp – an 1840 Twopenny Blue – increasing by 390.9 per cent, while even the worst performer more than doubled in value.

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