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And the second most expensive Latin American country to collect is…Honduras. And the least expensive? Guatemala. Debate!

Latin American stamp values ranked

Back in 2000, a Canadian Gentleman by the name of Michel Bégin compiled a database entitled “The Most Affordable Classic Stamps to Collect” and published his findings on the web. Clearly a man with time on his hands, he manually ploughed through the entire Scott 1840 – 1940 Specialized Catalogue and sorted each country’s listings […]

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