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Mar 2, 2018, 05:00 AMSpace Achievement issue and worldwide rarities change hands at Cherrystone sale
Also of interest is a scarce 1867 essay by National Bank Note Co. (Scott 79-E19c) of the frame and lettering elements of the then-current 3¢ Washington. -
Mar 2, 2018, 04:15 AMStrong showing for China postal history in winter Spink sale
The highlight of the Manhattan collection was one of only two covers known bearing a Hami provisional airmail stamp. -
Mar 1, 2018, 13:30 PMPan-American inverts sell in February Rasdale auction
Rasdale Stamp Co. in Westmont, Ill., offered an attractive showing of stamps from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition issue in the firm’s Feb. 17-18 sale. -
Feb 23, 2018, 06:56 AMSiegel International offers rare Canada, France March 13
A rare philatelic hat trick will be offered by Robert A. Siegel International March 13 when it presents the Calgary collection of Canada. -
Feb 23, 2018, 05:00 AMScandinavian rarities, worldwide classics in March 15-17 Postiljonen auction
The Swedish firm celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special anniversary auction of Scandinavian and worldwide material March 15-17. -
Feb 21, 2018, 07:30 AMSiegel auction series March 7-8 offers U.S. stamps, pioneer flight mail
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries has scheduled a series of three auctions in two days offering classic United States stamps and early U.S. flight mail. -
Feb 13, 2018, 11:10 AMSiegel to auction William H. Gross U.S. collection
In a series of four sales beginning in late September, Siegel Auction Galleries will offer the William H. Gross collection of U.S. stamp treasures. -
Feb 12, 2018, 06:30 AMKelleher flagship series auction Feb. 27-March 2
The Friday session offers more than 400 lots of U.S. airmail and other back-of-the-book, revenue stamps, possessions and more. -
Feb 9, 2018, 05:55 AMHungary Madonna invert in Auction Galleries Hamburg worldwide auction
The error stamp is tied to the piece with a Budapest 85 circular datestamp dated either Jan. 21 or Jan. 27, 1925. -
Feb 7, 2018, 05:00 AMDecember standouts from Siegel auctions
The Grant Inman collection of private die medicine stamps offered nearly all the great rarities of the U.S. medicine stamps. -
Feb 6, 2018, 04:30 AMConfederate States and Civil War lots dominate Schuyler Rumsey sale
Rumsey featured an attractive example of the rare 1861 Greenville, Ala., 5¢ provisional (Scott 33X1). Only six of the typeset adhesives exist. -
Feb 5, 2018, 14:00 PMCherrystone auctions 1875 plate proof sheets
The Dec. 19-20, 2017, Cherrystone auction of rare stamps and postal history by featured a set of 1875 plate proof sheets. -
Feb 2, 2018, 07:30 AMMore success for rare China material at auction
Chinese material continues to sell well based on two recent sales by John Bull Auctions and Cherrystone Philatelic Auctioneers. -
Feb 2, 2018, 07:26 AMAdmiral issue featured in Feb. 23-24 Eastern Auctions sale
The auction of Canada’s Admiral issue offers 646 lots of singles, blocks and more; a second sale includes additional Canada and worldwide material. -
Feb 2, 2018, 07:26 AMFeb. 19-23 Gaertner auction offers worldwide rarities
One highlight among many in the Malaya sale is an unused 1900 $25 green and orange Elephants and Howdah stamp from Perak. -
Jan 26, 2018, 04:30 AMFinancial woes strike Mossgreen auction firm, Australian news outlets report
Mossgreen website became inaccessible as the mid-January reports about the firm were published. -
Jan 18, 2018, 10:30 AMBrazil’s famous Bull’s Eyes bring record prices at Spink USA sale
Two highlights include the largest known multiple of the 1844 60-reis stamp on cover. -
Jan 17, 2018, 13:00 PMInterAsia ends 2017 with sale of several high-priced lots
Interasia Auctions conducted a sale Dec. 4-7 containing several named collections, with dozens of lots bringing the equivalent of $50,000 or higher. -
Jan 17, 2018, 10:11 AM
Semi-modern 1938 £1 stamp commemorating King Farouk’s hits for big price
Also sold was this piece of Tibetan philately, a registered cover bearing a 1912 2/30-trangka carmine stamp with the “POTSAGE” error. -
Jan 12, 2018, 05:45 AMCherrystone’s Feb. 6-7 auction offers rare inverts, worldwide material
Cherrystone Philatelic Auctioneers in New York City will offer United States and worldwide stamps and postal history in four auction sessions, Feb. 6-7.
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