AUCTION UPDATES
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Sep 4, 2016, 15:00 PM
OSS Hitler propaganda sheet brings $17,250 at Harmer-Schau sale
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentAlso sold was a used example of the withdrawn PRC Entire Nation Is Red stamp of 1968. -
Sep 4, 2016, 10:00 AM
Items spotlighting obscure World War II conflicts highlight Cherrystone sale
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentToday's Libya was historically three territories: Tripolitania, Cyrencia and Fezzan. That last one has a less well-known stamp history. -
Sep 4, 2016, 05:00 AM
Impressive St. Louis Bears cover realizes $27,600 at Cherrystone sale
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentThe cover, franked with a 10¢ postmaster’s provisional tied only by a red datestamp, was described as “one of the best.” -
Sep 3, 2016, 15:00 PM
Czechoslovakia propaganda issue sold at Regency-Superior auction
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentGerman stamps unofficially enhanced by liberated Czech towns at the end of the war are not frequently encountered. -
Sep 3, 2016, 10:00 AM
Siegel sells award-winning collection of colored cancels on 1869 Pictorials
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentAn otherwise unexceptional 1869 Shield, Eagle and Flags stamp stood out because it was struck with a German postmark in green. -
Sep 3, 2016, 03:00 AM
Schuyler Rumsey offers two auctions at Sescal show in Los Angeles
by By Michael BaadkeSchuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions will participate each day of the show with public auction sessions highlighting two distinct sales. -
Sep 2, 2016, 07:00 AM
$12,000 postmaster’s provisional highlights Regency-Superior’s APS Stampshow sale
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentSt. Louis Bears stamps are nicknamed “Bears” because of the Missouri coat-of-arms design they depict. -
Sep 2, 2016, 05:14 AM
Cherrystone plans worldwide auction Sept. 20-21 in New York
by By Michael BaadkeA two-day public auction by Cherrystone Philatelic Auctioneers of New York City will include United States and worldwide stamps and covers, large lots and collections. -
Sep 1, 2016, 15:00 PM
What sold during InterAsia’s sale of largest-ever public offering of North Korea?
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentThe total realization for the four-day sale was over $54 million Hong Kong dollars (about $7 million U.S.). -
Sep 1, 2016, 11:00 AM
Looking back at top lots of Harmer-Schau’s APS Stampshow sale
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentOne of the most closely watched items in the sale was a postcard franked with an experimental 1908 1¢ Franklin coil stamp. -
Aug 27, 2016, 13:00 PM
Classic U.S. stamps highlight Siegel’s upcoming sales of Alan and Inman collections
by By Michael BaadkeRobert A. Siegel Auction Galleries of New York City has scheduled two consecutive sales of United States stamps in mid-September. -
Aug 20, 2016, 05:00 AM
Auction Galleries Hamburg’s very first auction: What is for sale?
by By Michael BaadkeThe auction house formerly known as Schwanke Briefmarkenauktionen GmbH was acquired by Christoph Gaertner in July. -
Aug 16, 2016, 05:00 AM
Stamp pairs that carry high Scott values highlight upcoming Kelleher sale
by CMS AdminDaniel F. Kelleher Auctions will offer its Flagship sale over the course of the three days between Aug. 30 and Sept. 1. -
Aug 1, 2016, 04:00 AM
Remarkable 1884 cover from Beijing to Tokyo highlights Kelleher and Rogers sale
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentThe cover is one of two known covers featuring a China 5-candareen Large Dragon stamp addressed to Japan. -
Jul 31, 2016, 16:00 PM
Two specialized collections offered in June by Spink USA
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentThe Stefano Fantaroni collection of Italy and the Jose Castillejo collection of Guatemala were offered during Spink's June 8 sale. -
Jul 31, 2016, 10:00 AM
Cherrystone sells extraordinary block of inverted Argentina 1899 5-peso definitives
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentOnly a single sheet of 50 of this invert was printed, and the block sold is one of the “piezas notables” of Argentinian philately. -
Jul 31, 2016, 05:00 AM
June 22 Siegel sale offers wealth of Confederate, Civil War stamps
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentThe sale included scarce postmasters’ provisionals, as well as some seldom-seen essays for stamps that were never issued. -
Jul 30, 2016, 16:00 PM
Illustrated advertising covers make for a colorful Kelleher auction
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentAnyone who thought that cute animals were an innovation of the Internet age would have been set straight by a cover sold in the Kelleher auction. -
Jul 30, 2016, 10:00 AM
Siegel begins sale of Grant Inman Collection with 19th century newspaper stamps
by By Matthew Healey, New York CorrespondentA unique $9 Continental Bank Note Co. special printing brought a total realized price of $356,500. -
Jul 16, 2016, 05:00 AM
Rare vending coil highlights Harmer-Schau’s APS Stampshow auction
by By Michael BaadkeThe stamp is among those issued for a postage machine vending competition sponsored by the U.S. postmaster general.