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“I started with butterflies,” says philatelist who brought the world’s rarest stamp to Prague

From iDNES · () Czech

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  • Tomáš Mádl, a leading philatelist from the Prestige Philately Club Prague, organized the third Treasures of Czech Philately exhibition.
  • The Prague event featured the one-cent British Guiana Magenta, described as the world’s most expensive stamp.
  • Mádl discussed the exhibition and his collecting career in an interview with iDNES.cz.

“I started with butterflies,” says Tomáš Mádl, who began collecting stamps at the age of five and has since become one of the world’s most respected philatelists.

Mádl, from the Prestige Philately Club Prague, organized the third edition of the Treasures of Czech Philately exhibition at Prague’s Municipal House. He also secured the one-cent British Guiana Magenta, described as the world’s most expensive stamp, for the event.

In an interview with iDNES.cz, Mádl spoke about the exhibition and his path from childhood collecting to international recognition.

I started with butterflies.

· Tomáš MádlThe philatelist described how his collecting interests began before he turned to stamps.
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