Word: burrus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from country to country, and, if need be, can be quickly disposed of. Wall Street Broker Alfred Caspary's 50,000 stamps were sold beginning in 1955 for $2,900,000, and represented a quarter of the value of his estate. The collection of Swiss Tobacco Magnate Maurice Burrus, from which the rare 2? Hawaiian came, will probably realize $8,000,000 when it is all disposed of. Burrus paid $15,000 for the Hawaiian in 1921; last week's sale thus represented a 275% increase in value...