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Mar 7, 2017, 12:00 PMThe top lots in Aldrich’s latest stamp auction
One of the highlights was a used example of the 30¢ Hamilton Banknote issue of 1870, with an “H” grill (Scott 143). -
Mar 6, 2017, 14:00 PMWhy a cover from 1881 topped $132,000 in Spink auction
In New York, Spink offered the Robert Van Buren Emmons collection of United States and Hawaii Jan. 24. -
Mar 6, 2017, 04:00 AMSheet of Canada’s famed Bluenose stamp tops $50,000 at Rasdale auction
The 1929 50¢ stamp featuring the schooner Bluenose is considered by many to be Canada’s most beautiful issue of all time. -
Mar 5, 2017, 16:00 PMHow much a long off-the-grid Jenny Invert sold for at Hindman auction
The Jenny Invert error that made recent headlines when it resurfaced after almost a century in hiding was recently sold by Hindman. -
Mar 5, 2017, 03:00 AMDesign specs of Jamaican telegraph stamps highlight Grosvenor sale
Jamaica was one of a few British colonies that ordered up special telegraph stamps modeled closely on Britain’s own. -
Mar 4, 2017, 16:00 PMSiegel sale features all sorts of 1918 Curtiss Jenny airmail stamps
An example of the famed Jenny Invert stamp realized $389,400 in the Siegel sale of the Don David Price collection. -
Mar 4, 2017, 09:00 AMWhat a sheet of Nepal’s first stamp sold for at Spink auction
The remote Himalayan nation issued its first stamps in the 1880s, but Nepalese stamps were only valid in Nepal and India until 1959. -
Mar 3, 2017, 16:00 PMVertical strip of Washington-Franklin stamps tops $165K at Siegel auction
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries’ recently offered the Barry K. Schwartz collection of the U.S. “bluish paper” issues of 1909. -
Mar 3, 2017, 08:00 AMBritish Guiana collection sold by Spink includes $265,000 ‘Cottonreel’ stamp
British Guiana is famous for Demerara sugar, rum, and several of the world’s rarest postage stamps. -
Mar 2, 2017, 12:00 PMThe high-profile U.S. and Canada rarities for sale in Rumsey auction
The Gems sale is filled with United States postal history and classic stamps, including a substantial number of highly graded stamps. -
Mar 1, 2017, 12:00 PMRare 1927 Libya express mail stamp, one of only two known, at March 20-25 Koehler auction
According to the Koehler auction catalog description, just one additional example of this particular variety is believed to exist. -
Feb 28, 2017, 14:00 PMMachin’s 1966 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II highlights Cavendish auction
The plaster portrait in the Cavendish sale led to the most reproduced stamp image of all time. How much is it expected to bring? -
Feb 18, 2017, 14:00 PMBidding begins at €20,000 for German colony rarity in Auction Galleries Hamburg sale
The stamp was part of a cover sent by the German postmaster of Togo to a friend in Freiburg, Germany. -
Feb 14, 2017, 09:00 AMWhy an early Russian airmail stamp is estimated to bring $25,000 in Cherrystone sale
Only one sheet of 25 stamps featuring the particular variety was printed, according to Cherrystone. -
Feb 13, 2017, 09:00 AMJenny Invert with $450,000 Scott catalog value being offered by Siegel
The stamp is from position 28 on the discovery pane of 100, and has been off the market for more than 65 years. -
Feb 11, 2017, 14:00 PMThe notable Australian stamp rarity Mossgreen is offering
The stamp is believed to be only the third known used example. A different example sold in 2013 for $28,750. -
Feb 10, 2017, 04:15 AMBeautiful Canadian stamps sold, worldwide stamp collecting costs analyzed: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we analyzed how worldwide stamp collecting costs have changed, and how proposed USPS rules might change computer-vended stamps. -
Feb 8, 2017, 12:00 PMThe rare Asian stamps that highlighted Spink’s Hong Kong sale
The top item was a set of archival full sheets for the stamps of Britain’s Offices in China produced between 1916 and 1927. -
Feb 7, 2017, 12:00 PMThe rare inverted-color stamp error that Cherrystone sold for $72,500
Fewer than 50 of this iconic invert are known, and many are either in museum collections or faulty in some way. -
Feb 7, 2017, 04:00 AMA cover from Gambia to Ireland sold for $18,000 at Spink sale
The "extremely rare" cover was franked with a pair of 6d Cameos from the imperforate, unwatermarked first issue.
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