#Stamp Auctions
The Black Empress stamp is to be auctioned
An astounding, never hinged, mint example of the classic Canadian rarity, the 1851 12d. Black. This is unquestionably the finest mint example in existence. Featuring an incredible overall freshness and brilliance, with intensely rich colour and a sharp and detailed impression on pristine paper. With four exceptionally large and well balanced margins (it is likely that the margin at the bottom is a
1992 29c New York Stock Exchange stamp may make $30,000
A 1992 29c New York Stock Exchange stamp se-tenant pair featuring an inverted centre is to highlight a sale of US and Canadian philatelic rarities at Kelleher Auctions on May 23. The combination is valued at $20,000-30,000 and is drawn from the left margin of the sheet, with the second stamp missing its central image. There are only 56 examples of the invert known which, when coupled with the seco
Newfoundland 1927 60c De Pinedo stamp to lead at Kelleher
A Newfoundland 1927 60c De Pinedo flight stamp will headline the sale of the Jack M Shartsis collection at Kelleher Auctions. The lot is expected to make $30,000-40,000 when it crosses the block in New York on March 29-30. Just 33 mint examples of the stamp are known to have survived to the present day, placing it among the rarest and most desirable Canadian issues. Only 300 were ever printed. The
Apex Public Auction 130: Rare Singles Steal the Show
1150 lots of philatelic material, including some of the rarest single items ever offered by Apex Philatleics, will go under the hammer on Sunday 16th March, at Lingfield Park Racecourse, UK. Of particular interest, three 1915 Tanganyika 'Mafia Island' handstamped 1r, 2r and 3r mint issues are some of the scarcest stamps to be found in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue. Mafia Island is part of the Tanz
Hong Kong's first major international auction of Chinese stamps in 2014 expected to bring about US$8 million
Hong Kong-based Interasia Auctions hosts this year's first major international auction of Chinese and Hong Kong stamps this weekend from January 11–14 at the Excelsior Hotel Hong Kong. A total of 3,600 lots with a pre-sale estimate in excess of HK$60 million (US$7.7 million) go under the hammer in what is expected to be the largest auction of Chinese stamps anywhere in the world this season. Each
Sotheby's and the cheated philatelist
The famous auction house found itself embroiled in a sticky situation because of the case with a Belgian client happened in 2009. Sotheby's is involved, to its great dismay, in a fraud investigated presently by the financial brigade of Paris. The client calls the famous auction house 625,000 euros in court for the loss of a part of legendary stamp collection. In 2009, the Brussels citizen decided
1874 Zemstvo 3 kopek black led Raritan Stamps auction
An 1874 Zemstvo 3 kopek black is valued at $47,500 ahead of an online auction held by Raritan Stamps on December 6-7. The stamp led the Russian civil war and Soviet republics section of the world stamps and postal history auction. The first Zemstvo, or local government, stamps were issued in rural areas of Russia in 1865, by the local government organisations set up in the wake of the reforms led
"Roosevelt Block" Levanevskiy stamps to auction for $2.7m
On December 18, David Feldman Galleries will auction one of the most prestigious philatelic items, The Roosevelt Block, an inverted overprint block of the highly collectible 1935 10k Levanevskiy stamp. The unique block of four is truly remarkable, having been gifted by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to the president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. Joining the ranks of the world's legendary s
An auction in Hong Kong is set to see bids for a number of rare Chinese stamps
Those looking to obtain accurate antique valuations might want to note details of a rare Chinese stamp auction set to take place in Hong Kong. Interasia Auctions is staging the event, where 2,200 lots will give bidders the chance to pick up a bargain or two, as reported by the Independent. Among the pieces up for grabs is the 1897 Red Revenue Small 2c Green Surcharge, which is expected to fetch as
France Ceres Issue 1fr stamp auctions for $75,000 with Siegel
The 1fr, the rarest stamp of France's Ceres Issue, the nation's first, has led bids in Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries' sale of the Porter W Venn Collection of Exceptional Quality France. The stamp comes in two basic colours, with the vermilion the rarer of the two. The stamp sold for $75,000 at the November 13 auction in New York. The Venn Collection is one of the finest of its type ever assemb
