AUCTION UPDATES
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Oct 13, 2017, 15:00 PM
Cherrystone auction Nov. 1-2 offers U.S. and worldwide rarities, postal history
by Michael BaadkeThe auction begins Wednesday morning with stamps of the United States 1847 issue and a selection of other U.S. classic stamps and proofs. -
Oct 11, 2017, 06:00 AM
Eastern Auctions offers China, Canada and worldwide, Nov. 3-4
by Michael BaadkeNumerous significant multiples are being offered during the China session that opens the sale Friday morning. -
Oct 8, 2017, 11:00 AM
H.R. Harmer auction Oct. 26-28 offers a world of stamps, postal history, collections
by Michael BaadkeThe Falkland Islands pictured is found in the extensive British Commonwealth selection of the H.R. Harmer sale, but the 1964 issue is a notorious error. -
Oct 7, 2017, 15:00 PM
Classic U.S. featured in Oct. 24-26 Siegel auction; material on offer from Heimburger, Brody collections
by Michael BaadkeRobert A. Siegel Auction Galleries' sale of classic United States stamps includes six examples of the three Pan-American stamps with centers inverted. -
Oct 3, 2017, 13:00 PM
Grant Inman revenues shine during Siegel auction
by Tim HodgeThe Grant Inman collection features some of the rarest and most sought-after wine, beer, and silver tax stamps. -
Oct 1, 2017, 04:00 AM
Gaertner auction offering original Picasso on a postcard
by Michael BaadkeThe Asia selection includes the recent discovery of a single 1882 China 3-candareen Large Dragon brown red stamp on cover to Tientsin (Tianjin). -
Sep 29, 2017, 13:00 PM
Kangaroo stamps leap high during Status International auction
by Tim HodgeStatus International’s sale featured several rare Australian stamps featuring a kangaroo on a map of Australia. -
Sep 27, 2017, 05:00 AM
Error rarities among worldwide offerings in Kelleher’s Oct. 11-13 auction
by Michael BaadkeThe U.S. stamp offerings include an unused example of the 1901 1¢ green and black Fast Lake Navigation stamp from the Pan-American set. -
Sep 25, 2017, 05:00 AM
Schuyler Rumsey presenting Sescal auction Oct. 13-15 near Los Angeles
by Michael BaadkeThe Schuyler Rumsey public auction will take place live at Sescal during the stamp show in Ontario, Calif., east of Los Angeles. -
Sep 18, 2017, 05:00 AM
Kelleher to serve up ‘Best’ Canal Zone, Cutler Ryukyu collections
by Michael BaadkeThe Stanley Cutler Ryukyus collection offers stamps and error varieties, postal history, essays and proofs, revenues, and much more. -
Sep 12, 2017, 04:00 AM
Postiljonen’s Sept. 29-30 auction offers Scandinavian rarities and more
by Michael BaadkeHighlights from the auction include important items from Gummesson’s grand prix d’honneur exhibition of Finland at Melusina 1963. -
Sep 9, 2017, 15:00 PM
Heinrich Koehler offers worldwide stamps and postal history Sept. 25-30
by Michael BaadkeSeveral of the sale catalogs focus on Germany and related areas, including 741 lots from the Ludwig Trippen collection of Germany from 1849. -
Aug 31, 2017, 09:30 AM
World War I postal cards among the several standouts from recent Harmer-Schau sale
by Matthew HealeyIn 1916, the United States was not yet formally a participant in the war, but the economic difficulties of the global conflict had begun to hit home. -
Aug 31, 2017, 06:46 AM
Postal reissue of U.S. 1861 3¢ Washington stamp sold at mid-summer Siegel sale
by Matthew HealeyU.S. reissued stamps, distinguishable from the originals mostly by their proof-like impressions on hard, white paper, were offered for sale to collectors. -
Aug 30, 2017, 17:45 PM
India feudatory ‘Uglies’ shine at Cherrystone auction
by Matthew HealeyIn times of need, typewriters, rubber stamps, upcycled ephemera — anything that can produce a recognizable impression has produced a stamp. -
Aug 30, 2017, 17:00 PM
Gert Muller auction welcomed several German-area stamps at recent sale
by Matthew HealeyA 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 PM
One-of-a-kind finds in two upcoming Siegel auctions
by Michael BaadkeThe 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 AM
Unique Canal Zone booklet with two invert panes highlights Cherrystone auction
by Michael BaadkeThe auction will take place Sept. 13-14 at the Cherrystone galleries in New York City. -
Aug 15, 2017, 05:00 AM
Auction Galleries Hamburg Sept. 1-2 sale offers U.S. postal history rarity
by Michael BaadkeA 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 AM
Rare 1¢ 1857 Franklin discovered at Siegel Rarities sale
by Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentA highly desirable variety was spotted lurking in plain sight by a sharp-eyed philatelist browsing the Siegel 2017 Rarities of the World catalog.