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Apr 3, 2017, 05:00 AMNot an invert, but 24¢ Curtiss Jenny airmail stamp still sells high at Schuyler Rumsey sale
A spectacular example of the first U.S. airmail stamp, the 24¢ Curtiss Jenny of 1918, went for $9,775 at a recent Schuyler Rumsey sale. -
Apr 2, 2017, 10:00 AM11-country composite proof stamp sheet highlights Eastern auction
The sheet was produced as a sales promotion, used by American Bank Note Co. to show off the firm's capabilities. -
Apr 1, 2017, 15:00 PMRare Australian postage due stamp leads Mossgreen auction
Interestingly, the postage dues were the very first stamps issued by Australia as a unified country, in 1902. -
Apr 1, 2017, 05:00 AMRare Confederate cover brings $31,860 at Siegel auction
A rare patriotic cover from Tennessee was the standout Confederate States item to cross the auction block at Siegel's March 3 sale. -
Mar 31, 2017, 13:00 PMNew Zealand stamp marking canceled 1949 royal visit tops $47,000 in Mowbray sale
Every stamp, they say, tells a story. The most intriguing stories are often told by stamps that never saw the light of day. -
Mar 30, 2017, 17:00 PMRare 19th-century U.S. provisional overprints highlight Siegel’s Inman sale
Many collectors have come across 1¢ and 2¢ stamps from the 1890s bearing the large initials “I.R.” A few, however, are scarce. -
Mar 30, 2017, 11:00 AMUnique unused Australian error stamp in Spink sale expected to top $18,000
The only other known example of this particular error is used on cover, and described by Spink as defective. -
Mar 11, 2017, 16:00 PMThe Chinese and Hong Kong rarities headlining the next InterAsia sale
The sale features “a number of important specialized collections representing a broad and deep range of material.” -
Mar 8, 2017, 12:00 PMKelleher sells 1880 special printing of 15¢ Webster Banknote
A 2¢ Washington-Franklin with compound perforations measuring 12 by 10, of which just 32 are known, was another highlight of the Feb. 21-23 sale. -
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.
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