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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. -
Jun 14, 2017, 13:00 PMJenny Invert last sold in 1974 reappears in upcoming Siegel auction series
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. -
Jun 14, 2017, 05:00 AMFull range of international rarities and more at June 27-30 Feldman auctions
A four-day sale by the David Feldman auction firm in Onex, Switzerland (near Geneva), will present material from five international groupings. -
Jun 13, 2017, 05:00 AMMossgreen offers unissued Australian King Edward VIII stamp, one of six known
Before the stamps were issued, Edward stepped down, and the decision was quickly made to scrap the run of stamps already printed.
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