World’s first postage stamp heading to auction – FOX13 News Memphis

According to Sotheby’s, the Wallace correspondence was passed to the Caldwell family in Scotland in 1855. In 1991 it was consigned to Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, which sold it to an overseas buyer in its entirety.

“It is a world icon.

Holyoake bought the Wallace Document 10 years ago, according to ABC.

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