Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions presented its Flagship sale Dec. 11-13 in Danbury, Conn.

The Spink auction firm in London, England, will offer two sales over the course of three days, Jan. 23-25.

The Siegel sale contained many early pieces of American postal history dating back to the 17th century.

Slotted as a 10-day auction, it didn’t take long for aficionados of Liberty postal history to begin expressing their interest.

From Basel, two different examples of the 1845 issue (Scott 3L1) on cover sold for the equivalent of $26,400 and $43,200, respectively.

With only three known examples of Russia’s 1917 7-ruble stamp with inverted center, it is not surprising that it realized $29,900 in the Cherrystone sale.

Only about 25 examples of the 6-penny stamp showing the HMS Glasgow instead of the HMS Kent are thought to exist.

The spotlight was on one of two known complete sets of the 1915 Panama-Pacific small die proofs for the 1902 issue in private hand.

The offerings in the first sale include a large package front franked with the United States 1860 90¢ blue George Washington (Scott 39).

The greatest rarity of the entire sale is the unissued 1967 stamp marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Jing Gangshan Revolutionary Base.

Spink USA in New York City will offer two country-specific sales Dec. 6: Brazil’s Inclinados stamps, and classic Russian philately.

Feldman is offering an auction series Dec. 5-9 that is documented in nine separate catalogs broadly encompassing the world of stamps and postal history.

Among these is an example of the 1856 British Guiana 4¢ rose carmine stamp (Scott 14a) with a Demerara circular datestamp and the E.D.W. initials of Postmaster Wight.

The Friday auction session has its focus on China, with collections plus individual lots of Chinese empire, republic, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China.

The Rapp auction description makes note of the stamp’s bright fresh colors and the prominent relief of the embossed dove.

The 434th Rasdale public auction will take place Nov. 18-19, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central Time) each day.

The Oct. 20 Matthew Bennett public auction of U.S. and worldwide material will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Boston.

The auction begins Wednesday morning with stamps of the United States 1847 issue and a selection of other U.S. classic stamps and proofs.

Numerous significant multiples are being offered during the China session that opens the sale Friday morning.