Royal Mail's value continued to grow when full dealing began on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning though some individuals expressed frustration they were unable to sell.
Investors - lured by the promise of healthy dividends - sought out shares with the price rising more than 3% in early trading when the stock became available to the wider market following its conditional launch.
In the first day of dealing for many of the 690,000 small investors who bought stock the shares opened at 478p - almost 45% above their privatisation price - before climbing further to 490p in the first hour.
Price correct at 08:35 BST That made them almost 50% more valuable than the Government's price tag last week and gave Royal Mail a value of £4.9bn.
That compares with the 330p per share price they were sold for on Thursday, which valued the group at £3.3bn, meaning small investors who were allocated shares worth £750 originally are today sitting on paper profits of more than £360.
But not everyone was able to trade - the Department for Business confirming that those who applied for shares via the post had been told they would receive a letter within a week setting out how they could sell their shares.
Those who applied online should, the department said, receive an email within two days of listing, giving them an ID and password to sell their shares via the official website.
Only institutional investors such as pension funds and those individuals who ordered stock through a broker offering conditional trade were able to sell before Tuesday.
Around 150,000 postal workers are having to sit on stakes now worth more than £3,000 each because they can not sell their shares for three years under the terms of the 10% free-holding.
While fewer than 390 staff eligible for the offer turned it down, staff are known to bitterly oppose the privatisation and Wednesday will see the result of a strike ballot by members of the CWU over issues linked to the sale.
The windfall for investors has prompted further questions about whether the Government short-changed the taxpayer over the privatisation.
Sky News has learned that some members of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee of MPs want to interview executives from the syndicate of banks responsible for pricing the initial public offering at 330p-per-share.
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