#Stamp Auctions
H. R. Hammer offers Lockport 5¢ provisional stamp on cover for $100,000!
H. R. Hammer is going to auction the third part of The "ERIVAN" Collection of United and Confederate States on August 6-7. This sale will offer to collectors’ attention the only complete example of the 1846 5¢ red on buff postmaster’s provisional stamp from Lockport, N.Y. The stamp in on a folded letter mailed to Geneva, N.Y., in 1846. This lot is listed in the H.R. Harmer sale wi
Siegel sold 5c Blue vertical pair on cover for $110,000!
Robert A Siegel has recently conducted “2020 Rarities of the World” sale that offered to collectos’ attention a great variety of interesting philatelic items, including 5c Blue vertical pair on cover. The lot bears the rare 2-cent vertical experimental government coil with one of the finest pairs of the 5-cent imperforate. This is the first time the stamps have been reunited on t
Siegel sold "Inverted Double Geneva" stamps on cover for $105,000!
The Siegel firm has recently conducted its annual Rarities of the World sale. One of the most interesting lots that have appeared during this auction is extremely fine and superb in every respect 5c + 5c "Inverted Double Geneva" stamps on cover. It is likely not only the finest example "Inverted Double Geneva" in existence, but surely the finest cover bearing this world-class rarity. Considered as
Siegel sells 1918 “Inverted Jenny” stamp for $450,000!
The Siegel firm’s annual Rarities of the World sale will be held on June 30-July 1. The auction will offer to collectors’ attention a great variety of philatelic items including the newly-united Herod-Travers cover with Scott 321, high-grade singles, blocks, postal history, Hawaii, Possessions and Worldwide including Argentina 15-centavos Escuditos tete-beche pair etc. One more spectac
Cherrystone offers a block of four CIA Invert stamps for $55,000!
Cherrystone will hold the next live online auction on June 2-3. This sale contains 1,215 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with United States and Europe, including Austria, with a fine showing of Rocket Mai,l and Austrian Levant, France and Colonies, German Area, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, specialized Vatican City and other areas. A block of four CIA Invert stamps is ex
Siegel offers 1915 $2 Hall of Classics Inverted for $100,000!
Robert A Siegel is going to conduct its next online auction on 21st May. This spectacular sale will offer to collectors a great variety of interesting lots from around the world. The star of the auction is an outstanding example of the 1915 $2 Hall of Classics stamp with inverted center that is considered as one of great rarities of China philately. The auction house described this lot as “
Spink offers the "Medio Real" Red for €250,000!
Spink is going to sell the magnificent “Lugano” collection of Venezuela on 26th of April. It contains a great variety of rarities including the two errors of colour and the tête-bêche block of six. Almost all lots are offered with certificates of authenticity. One of the most important items that will appear during this sale is the "Medio Real" Red with an error of colour.
1848 Mauritius 1d orange block of six is expected to fetch $128,100 at Feldman auction!
The David Feldman auction firm will conduct a three day sale on April 1-3 offering material of the British Empire. An earliest impression of 1848 Mauritius 1d orange block of six will be offered during the April 1 auction. This is the largest known multiple of the earliest impression and of the entire Post Paid issue. Considered as an outstanding item of phenomenal importance, the block is offered
1c Blue, Ty I is to fetch $150,000 at Siegel auction!
Robert A Siegel is to sell “The Edward Morton Collection of Outstanding Quality U.S. Stamps” on April 8-9, 2020. The collection comprises used stamps from 1845 through the 1901 Pan-American Issue. From the 1890 Issue on, there is a parallel representation of stamps in original-gum condition, many Mint Never-Hinged. The star of this sale is 1c Blue, Ty. I that is expected to fetch up to
Top 15 philatelic sales of the year 2019
In 2019 the leading auction houses conducted a great number of outstanding sales, providing collectors with an opportunity to acquire real philatelic gems. Some lots that were auctioned during the previous year rarely pop up on the market that is why their appearance ignited a philatelic furor. The most valuable collection sold in 2019 was The New Amsterdam Collection of United States Stamps that
