Arguably the most famous and valuable stamp in the world, the British Guiana 1-Cent Magenta has achieved near-mythic status. Issued in 1856 in what is now Guyana, this small, faded red stamp was ...

The most controversial woman in South American politics since Evita Peron is Janet Jagan, 42, the American-born wife of British Guiana’s Premier Cheddi Jagan. Not only is she a white woman in a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million (5.6 million pounds) at Sotheby's on Tuesday.

A general strike has been raging in British Guiana for eleven weeks against the regime of Marxist Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan. The bitter division of the colony between the Negroes and the East ...

THE atmosphere of political uncertainty that has characterized British Guiana since the elections last August continues to prevail. The economy, laboring under the legacy of unstable political ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for record $9.5 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday. June 17, 2014, 7:33 PM ...

MS 2126 Joseph Henry Hendon Holmes papers, drawings, and maps of British Guiana MS 2126 Joseph Henry Hendon Holmes papers, drawings, and maps of British Guiana / Manuscripts A manuscript on British ...

The collection of black and white photographs are images collected by William and Lucile Mann while in British Guiana [Guyana]. Images show pond and native people and structures on shoreline, ...