#Stamp Auctions
1873 30¢ Hamilton will appear at the next Kelleher auction. The lot is to fetch US$35,000
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to share the next Keller auction preview with our readers. The sale will take place on March 27 and one of its highlights will be 1873 30¢ Hamilton (Continental Bank Note Printing) that is to fetch $35,000. The 30¢ National Banknote is one of the most difficult to obtain in premium quality, this being one of, if not the, finest examples to have survived since 1870.
Siegel International offers the Scarsdale collection at the next auction. A great range of rare France stamps are to be sold
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to share the latest philatelic news with our readers. This piece of info concerns the next auction that will be held by Robert A. Siegel International on March 13 when it presents the Scarsdale collection of rare French stamps. More than 85 lots will be offered by Siegel during this sale. The “Scarsdale” collector had been assembling a France collection for several
Australian pre-decimal stamp booklet to auction at Spink. The unique item is to fetch US$16,000
FindYourStampsValue.com hurries to share the latest auction news with our readers. This piece of info concerns Spink’s March 7 sale of the Arthur Gray collection of Australian pre-decimal stamp booklets. One of those booklets, a specimen from 1904, is valued at an extraordinary £12,000 (US$16,620). This booklet is the only known example of its kind. Stamp booklets were introduced in Australia fol
Admirals among highlights of next Eastern Auctions sale. An auction preview to your attention
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to share the preview of the next Eastern Auctions sale (Feb. 23-24) with our readers. The star of this sale will be the lots from the John Smallman Collection of the Admiral Issue of Canada. Described by auctioneers as “spectacular,” the Smallman Collection was assembled throughout four decades and includes various examples of strong lathework and imprint multiples.
Siegel to auction Bill Gross US stamps collection. Its first part is to fetch US$9.1 million
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to share the latest and most exciting news with our readers. This piece of info concerns a great collection of US rare stamps that is to be sold by Bill Gross – an American billionaire investor, fund manager, and philanthropist. He is also known as a co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co. Gross’ US stamps collection is one of his most-prized investments an
1888 St Christopher stamps stared at Spink. The mint example fetched US$27,066
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to share the latest auction news with our readers. This one concerns two St Christopher 1888 (May) “one/penny” on 2½d ultramarine stamps that highlighted Spink’s sale of the esteemed Brian Brookes Collection of St. Kitts-Nevis on January 23. These rare stamps were described by Spink as “the rarest stamps from St Christopher”. So, the mint example of 1888 St Christ
Large Dragons 1882 Wide Setting was sold at Spink. The sheet fetched US$499,000
FindYourStampsValue.com hurries to let our readers know that the 1882 Large Dragon 1ca green was sold at Spink auction on Jan. 21. This is the unique green complete sheet of twenty five from Setting III, with margins on three sides and with much of the original gum. The 1882 Large Dragon 1ca green is a highly important and historic sheet from this sought-after setting and one of the great treasur
Rare St Christopher stamp is to be sold for US$13,000. Latest stamp auction news to your attention
FindYourStampsValue.com is excited to let you know that one of the rarest St Christopher stamps in existence is to be sold at Spink auction on January 23. This is the used 1888 (May) “one/penny” on 2½d ultramarine is lightly cancelled and declared by auctioneer Spink to be in “fine” condition. The strong perforations of this unique stamp boost its value. The lot is to make US$13,000. St Christoph
1914 Russian Empire stamp issue is to be sold for US$52,000
FindYourStampsValue.com is excited to let our readers know that a rare 1914 Russian Empire stamp is to be auctioned in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. This unique item is estimated at 3 million RUB (US$52,000). The stamp is now in Krasnoyarsk, in the safe of one of the banks. The seller promises to show the original item to a potential buyer. At the moment only some photos of the stamp were unveiled to the p
The most unusual postage stamp sale of 2017. What is “Cottonreel” issue and why is it so special?
2017 saw many interesting stamps auction but in this piece of news we decided to concentrate on the most unusual stamp sale of 2017. You’ve probably heard of the 1c British Guiana stamp, which set a US$9,400,000 record for a stamp at Sotheby’s in 2014, but only few of stamp enthusiasts are aware of the existence of the 2c Guiana “Cottonreel” stamp. This special item was named so due to the fact t
