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  • cherrystone-two-stamps-1868-1-anna-soruth
    Aug 30, 2017, 17:45 PM

    India 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.

  • gert-muller-german-south-west-africa-declared-value-parcel-card
    Aug 30, 2017, 17:00 PM

    Gert 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.

  • grant-inman-collection-last-united-states-beer-stamp
    Aug 30, 2017, 15:00 PM

    One-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.

  • 1984-summer-olympic-1-koruna
    Aug 25, 2017, 09:00 AM

    Unique 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.

  • 1861-62-united-states-rare-three-color-stamp-franking
    Aug 15, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Auction 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.

  • used-one-cent-1857-franklin
    Aug 6, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Rare 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.

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    Aug 6, 2017, 03:00 AM

    French, 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.

  • prince-albert-german-cover
    Aug 5, 2017, 15:00 PM

    Gaertner 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.

  • australia-1908-20-shilling-emerald
    Jul 29, 2017, 15:00 PM

    British 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.

  • 1898-two-dollar-orange-brown-trans-mississippi-plate-block
    Jul 15, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Harmer-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.

  • two-dollar-upright-jenny-invert-stamp-pane
    Jul 10, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Siegel’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.

  • 1840-first-day-cover-penny-black-stamp
    Jul 7, 2017, 15:00 PM

    Spink 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.

  • harmer-1934-marginal-blocks
    Jul 2, 2017, 09:00 AM

    Harmer’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.

  • type-three-ten-cent-washington-stamp
    Jul 2, 2017, 05:00 AM

    First 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.

  • sparks-1935-king-george-v-pictorial-definitive-block
    Jun 30, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Canada’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.

  • sparks-1851-12-penny-queen-victoria
    Jun 29, 2017, 13:24 PM

    Krajcsovics 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.

  • aps-holocaust-art-stamp-donation
    Jun 20, 2017, 05:00 AM

    APS 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.

  • one-cent-maryland-match-co-stamp
    Jun 14, 2017, 13:00 PM

    Jenny 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.

  • unissued-1978-five-penny-christmas-stamp
    Jun 14, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Full 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.

  • unissued-two-penny-scarlet-edward-stamps
    Jun 13, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Mossgreen 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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