Hearing that half a million stamps are being given to students who destroy many of them can strike horror in the hearts of stamp collectors.

The position 60 stamp from the pane of 100 errors, originally bought in 1918, will be offered as part of the 2017 Rarities of the World auction.

A four-day sale by the David Feldman auction firm in Onex, Switzerland (near Geneva), will present material from five international groupings.

Before the stamps were issued, Edward stepped down, and the decision was quickly made to scrap the run of stamps already printed.

These three covers stood out for their frankings, postmarks, and postal historical significance before the unification of Italy in 1860.

The pair of modern German rarities that are not supposed to exist feature the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, and actress Audrey Hepburn.

The sale included the oldest-known letter posted through the mails from Florida, sent from St. Augustine to Virginia in 1767.

A die proof in violet of the 1939 3¢ Baseball Centennial issue on white wove paper handily outstripped its $800 Scott value to sell for $2,478.

Among the 19th-century U.S. items in the sale was a beautiful plate block from an imperforate plate proof on card of the 1894 $5 John Marshall issue.

The cover doubled its presale estimate to fetch $19,550, including the 15 percent buyer’s premium added by Rumsey to all lots.

Almost 1,500 lots will be up for sale, beginning with United States issues, followed by Austria, France and Colonies.

Eastern Auctions is offering a sale of worldwide and British North America stamps and postal history during their June 17 sale.

Several lots among the United States issues bring together material from the original imperforate stamp sheets presented as gifts in 1934.

After 25 years, the well-known shop is closing it's doors. Also this week, we learned what collectors need to keep an eye out for.

The May 26-27 sale featuring almost 900 lots will take place at the Kelleher and Rogers offices in Hong Kong.

“It is with great sadness that I must retire from this industry that has brought me such joy over the years,” Kols said.

One of the top items in Schlegel's April 3-4 sale in Berlin was a postwar souvenir sheet from the eastern state of Thuringia with a rare watermark variety.

The rare 1¢ green Franklin stamp is postally used. The Rasdale auction also includes other U.S. and worldwide stamps, postal history, and collections.

One of the eye-catching items in the Gibbons sale was a dead ringer for a United States commemorative honoring President John F. Kennedy issued Feb. 20.

The stamp is a scarce survivor of Japan’s World War II occupation of the British colony of North Borneo, now part of Malaysia.