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Sep 9, 2017, 15:00 PMHeinrich Koehler offers worldwide stamps and postal history Sept. 25-30
Several of the sale catalogs focus on Germany and related areas, including 741 lots from the Ludwig Trippen collection of Germany from 1849. -
Aug 31, 2017, 09:30 AMWorld War I postal cards among the several standouts from recent Harmer-Schau sale
In 1916, the United States was not yet formally a participant in the war, but the economic difficulties of the global conflict had begun to hit home. -
Aug 31, 2017, 06:46 AMPostal reissue of U.S. 1861 3¢ Washington stamp sold at mid-summer Siegel sale
U.S. reissued stamps, distinguishable from the originals mostly by their proof-like impressions on hard, white paper, were offered for sale to collectors. -
Aug 30, 2017, 17:45 PMIndia feudatory ‘Uglies’ shine at Cherrystone auction
In times of need, typewriters, rubber stamps, upcycled ephemera — anything that can produce a recognizable impression has produced a stamp. -
Aug 30, 2017, 17:00 PMGert Muller auction welcomed several German-area stamps at recent sale
A high-franked cover from the pre-unification state of Baden, and a parcel card from the soon-to-be-lost colony of German South West Africa led the sale. -
Aug 30, 2017, 15:00 PMOne-of-a-kind finds in two upcoming Siegel auctions
The Clipper City collection of superb U.S. stamps, and more revenue stamps from the Inman collection, will be offered Sept. 19-20 at the Siegel galleries. -
Aug 25, 2017, 09:00 AMUnique Canal Zone booklet with two invert panes highlights Cherrystone auction
The auction will take place Sept. 13-14 at the Cherrystone galleries in New York City. -
Aug 15, 2017, 05:00 AMAuction Galleries Hamburg Sept. 1-2 sale offers U.S. postal history rarity
A featured cover in this auction is a three-color franking on an 1862 letter from New York to Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. -
Aug 6, 2017, 05:00 AMRare 1¢ 1857 Franklin discovered at Siegel Rarities sale
A highly desirable variety was spotted lurking in plain sight by a sharp-eyed philatelist browsing the Siegel 2017 Rarities of the World catalog. -
Aug 6, 2017, 03:00 AMFrench, Russian rarities sprinkled all across recent sale from David Feldman
One of the more remarkable items was a French “ballon monte” cover from the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war. -
Aug 5, 2017, 15:00 PMGaertner sells unissued Hepburn stamp for $176,000
The stamp featuring Hepburn was to have been part of a 2001 German semipostal set featuring international film stars. -
Jul 29, 2017, 15:00 PMBritish Commonwealth and more headline Aug. 19-20 Rasdale auction in Chicago
Attention bargain hunters: Many of the single stamps and sets are offered by Rasdale with minimum bids far below the established Scott catalog values. -
Jul 15, 2017, 05:00 AMHarmer-Schau presents four-day auction at APS Stampshow in Richmond, Va.
The auction features United States and worldwide material, including stamps, postal history and essays, specialized Canal Zone and Scandinavia, plus more. -
Jul 10, 2017, 05:00 AMSiegel’s July 25-26 auction offers classic U.S. with modern errors and more
The sale includes 19th- and 20th-century issues with back-of-the-book material, postal card essays, carriers and locals, encased postage, and more. -
Jul 7, 2017, 15:00 PMSpink London auction features Great Britain stamps, proofs and essays, postal history, and much more
A May 6, 1840, first-day cover of Great Britain’s famous Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp, will be offered during the July 25 public auction. -
Jul 2, 2017, 09:00 AMHarmer’s California sale features both valuable sheets and covers
The blockbuster attraction of the sale was several lots made up of “Farley’s Follies,” the imperforate, ungummed sheets. -
Jul 2, 2017, 05:00 AMFirst use of stamp in U.S. tops $19,000 in Kelleher sale
It was a row over a tax stamp in the 1760s that started the process that led to the American Revolution. But that was not America’s first stamp, either. -
Jun 30, 2017, 05:00 AMCanada’s 1903 2¢ King Edward VII definitive led recent Sparks Auction
The top item of the Sparks' sale was an imperforate block of 12 of Canada’s 1903 2¢ King Edward VII definitive. -
Jun 29, 2017, 13:24 PMKrajcsovics Hungary collection shines at Spink sale
Not surprisingly, Hungary’s history is mirrored in its stamps, and you can get a pretty good grasp of the narrative through its complex philately. -
Jun 20, 2017, 05:00 AMAPS donates half a million stamps; Regency-Superior demise causes heartache
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.
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