The philatelic world has lost a giant, we mourn the death of Bob Dumaine. Bob loved everything about stamps and stamp collecting.
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Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History Auction - December 3-5, 2024
Welcome to our Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History Auction including the David Horry Research Collection of British West Indies Postmarks, and the Kevin Preece Collections of Napoleon's Invasion of & Retreat from Russia, countries Aden to Venezuela, Great Britain stamps & postal history including the Peter Chadwick Collections of Handstruck "4" Chargemarks & "Unpaid" Marks, and the George Lane Collection of Rare Stamps & Covers.
Status International
Worldwide Public Auction - December 5, 2024
Public Auction 394 is huge with 3451 lots catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. There is over 1,100 lots of Australia which consist of collections, singles, sets and covers covering all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous numbers of mint & used £1 & £2 top values in all watermarks. General Foreign including small and large collections and over 2,300 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections, highlights being in the British Empire sections and the Pacific including New Zealand, Papua and New Guinea. Also a great selection of PRC China, USA, Asia , European and The Americas rarities.
Cheshire Stamp Auctions
Public Auction - December 5, 2024
A huge 3-day public auction of 1862 lots includes outstanding general British Empire and Commonwealth collections and estates starting with lot 90 (estimated £35,000 to £45,000), country collections from Aden to Zanzibar including an outstanding collection of USA (lot 1365, estimated £6000 to £9000) also many fabulous smaller items such as the infamous New Zealand 2006 Haka Performing Arts withdrawn set (lot 1083, estimated £3500 to £5000), the rare Mount Currie Griqualand /Cape local stamp in a unique strip (lot 1239, estimated £2500 to £3500) and the USA 1863 24c blackish violet, Scott 78c with PSE cert cat $16,000 and without faults (lot 1369, estimated £2800 to £3500) to name a few. The Great Britain lots include some outstanding stocks, collections and items from the early line engraved issues such as an incredible stock of 1841 1d red imperfs all expertly plated and catalogued in the region of £600,000 (lot 1577, estimated £12,000 to £16,000) and another stock of surfaced printed Victorian stamps catalogued between £750,000 and £1 million (lot 1623, estimated £10,000 to £15,000), outstanding individual GB stamps might include an example of the 1870 ½d rose plate 9 in lovely mint condition with almost perfect centering - perhaps the finest known (lot 1664, estimated £1000 to £1250) among so much else! Take the time to check this sale out! The British Pounds isn't doing so well, and we find no problems in shipping all lots anywhere in the world with minimal fuss.
Golden Oak Online Auctions
U.S. Gem Series Sale - December 6-7, 2024
This sale features: British Commonwealth, Asia and the Middle East, Europe and Latin America, Worldwide collections, U.S. gems, including 223 lots of graded U.S. stamps, VF and higher, U.S. stamps and collections, U.S. philatelic literature, U.S. and Mexican coins, U.S. currency, Numismatic literature and more. Good luck with your bidding!
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC
Kelleher Club Sale - December 9-10, 2024
Our not-to-be-missed year-end blowout, with over 1200 lots spanning most all collecting areas. The sale features United States including high-grade singles, British Commonwealth , and Europe with especially nice France & Colonies , as well as Worldwide including picture post cards, autographs, flights, and an especially nice collection of multicolored Gun Advertising covers . We’re particularly pleased to offer a strong section of Sperati Forgeries —the nicest we have seen. Plus you have your pick of Collections, Stocks and Accumulations .
classicphil GmbH
Just Stamps Public Auction - December 10-11, 2024
Welcome to our 27th auction Christmas special! With the last auction quickly wrapped up, we are happy to announce our last sale of the year - just in time for Christmas! Almost 2300 lots from Europe, Great Britain and the British Commonwealth as well as Asia and America. As special featured highlights are MEXICO and ITALY from the renown Provera collection. Very strong lot accumulations from SWITZERLAND and BC are also worth noting. Our team from classicphil would also like to take the opportunity to thank all of our long time customers and of course greet all new ones who joined in this year. We wish you jolly holidays, Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, stay healthy and look after your loved ones, Your team classicphil - Vienna, Austria
abacus auctions
Australia, Australian Colonies & Territories, British Africa and Worldwide Stamps, Postal History & Picture Postcards, Militaria & Medals, Coins & Banknotes, Sporting Memorabilia & Collectables - December 10-13, 2024
Sale 258 offers 3,500+ lots with estimates of A$1,800,000. Highlight sections include John Gibson's Sudan Stamps & Postal History featuring the most comprehensive collection of Military Mail ever formed, the 'Verdant' Rhodesia especially strong in Postmarks (150+ lots), Jerry Blair's Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika & Nyasaland, plus further selections of ‘Early Issues of the World’ many from Europe & Colonies, also China including Foreign Post Offices, Australia with Kangaroos, KGV Heads and Colonies as well as many other fine single stamps, small groups and our usual range of collections & accumulations. Day 4 is devoted to Militaria, Medals, Coins & Banknotes followed by Sporting Memorabilia, Cigarette & Trade Cards and General Collectables featuring a wonderful assembly of Australian Convict documents, artefacts & ephemera.
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC
Sports Cards, Memorabilia, Including Autographs and US and Worldwide Coins and Banknotes - December 11, 2024
Starting with Sports Memorabilia & Non-Sports cards and continuing with Basketball featuring a Graded PSA 6 EX-MT Michael Jordan Rookie Card, followed by a Sugar ray Leonard & Roberto Duran framed photo with signed boxing gloves, Football card group lots and then to Baseball with some early graded classics including many of the top names with a 1955 Roberto Clemente Topps #164 Rookie Card PSA 7 NM, then signed baseballs and card group lots and collections. A few pieces of interesting jewelry and some exceptional gold pocket watches comes next, with a small selection of currency (mostly in collections) getting one warmed up for the coin section as follows: An especially strong section of United States, Canadian and Worldwide Coins with extensive offerings of Gold, Silver and Bullion related items including mint products with both slabbed and raw better coins.
Dutch Country Auctions
Coin & Currency Sale #38 - December 12, 2024
Our Coin & Currency Sale #38 features a wide array of sets and singles in most US denominations and types. Highlights among the type coins are an Indian Cent NGC MS63, a 1909-S VDB Lincoln in NGC MS63 Red-Brown, an 1864 Two-Cent (Large Motto) in NGC MS65 Brown, a 1901-S Barber Quarter in AG3, an 1880 Seated Half in Proof 60, an 1871 Liberty Seated $1 in XF and a BU Roll of 1887 Morgan Dollars. A large amount of US vintage gold is in the sale including an 1854 $3 Princess and a 1927 St Gaudens in NGC MS64. Modern gold includes a 1992 4-coin Proof Gold Eagle set and a 2006 Proof Gold Buffalo both in original packaging. In the Mint/Proof set category, some lovely original 1954 to 1958 sets are offered. Further, the sale is rounded out by an array of interesting foreign coins both gold and silver.
Lot 1007 -
1938, Soldier in the War against Japanese Aggression (-) deep red (Yang NC8), with 11mm. sheet margin at top, bright color, large margins especially so at top, centrally canceled by "Hebei/Ling Shan" c.d.s. of 16 July 1938; two horizontal creases and light wrinkling at right, otherwise Very Fine. Est. HK$16,000-20,000....Est. HK$16,000-20,000
Sold for HK$ 26,000
Lot 1190 -
1912-22 ROYAL CYPHER WATERMARK 2½d indigo blue, a very lightly mounted mint example of this rare shade. SG Spec N21 (14) £3000. RPSL Cert. (1981).....
Currently GBP 360
Lot 127 -
U33 "10 c. Blue on Orange", Cut-Square, Variety Not Listed by "Scott", 1860 Issue, Unused, Sound Cond., VF, May be a Trial Color Proof or Reprint, Very Unusual Item....200.00
Currently US$ 100
Lot 580 -
1873, $10.00 GREEN & BLACK STATE DEP. MINT, #O70, well-centered, deep impressions, large part o.g., very fine, with 1977 P.F. cert., cat. $4,500.00....US$500
Currently US$ 500
Graham Beck, from the Youtube video channel, "Exploring Stamps"
does an amazing job introducing the next generation to Philately. His latest video looks at the United States "Cattle in the Storm" to ask the question... "Is this the most Beatiful U.S. Stamp"?
Let's show Graham some love and visit his site and take a listen.
In the video he mentions Canada's "Bluenose" as a contender for the most Beautiful stamp of all -- so in my video we will look at both stamps.
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November 14th, the new record for a single C3a 24¢ Invert Position 49, sold
to a SAN Live bidder for $1,350,000 + the buyers commission -- this is 2nd place on the all-time highest prices paid using Live Bidding. The bidder was asked if he wanted to be on the phone, and he said, "No I'm fine with StampAuctionNetwork Live".See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
June 20, 2018 -- StampAuctionNetwork Unattended Live Bidding was thoroughly test and performed exceptionally. We had 7 bidders participate in the test, They bid on 40 lots in the Siegel International Sale, they won 8 lots, won all the ties, bought lots totalling $14,500, and saved $1,650 at a cost of $145.
Unattended Live fees are waived in June, 2018 to anyone who uses the service. You must join StampAuctionNetwork Basic or Extended features at some level (trial, BASIC, Extended, or PowerUser), but that can be as little as $9.95/year. Fees are 1% of the hammer price.
June 13, 2018 -- StampAuctionNetwork goes over $1 Billion! (adjusted for currency).
With the addition of a number of recent David Feldman SA sales, and the restoration of Shreves Sales 7-39, 151-157, and 161-162 (31,000 lots with PR's of 45 million), StampAuctionNetwork officially crosses
the $1 Billion mark in prices realized. No other auction site has this significant a database of prices realized.
June 11, 2018. Instructional Videos and Webinars are released at StampAuctionNetwork starting with "StampAuctionNetwork Unattended Live Bidding Explained"
December 20, 2017. Record Breaking Results. SAN Bidders broke the record for percent of Sales sold for a major sale. Over 83% of Robert A Siegel's sale 1173 sold to SAN bidders, with another 11% of Lots where the SAN bidder was the underbidder. Only 6% of lots sold without SAN competition.
June 9th, 2016. Live Bidding results at WSS-NY 2016. Even though the entire world was at WSS, SAN Live
bidders who were not at the show brought home great stamps. Live Bidders won $1,059,000 of lots offered by the four
auction houses at WSS, and were the underbidders on another $700,000 worth of material, bringing the total impact of
SAN live bidders to $1,734,000. Thank you live bidders!
May 29, 2016. Live Bidding at World Stamp Show-NY 2016. We are pleased to announce
that all of the auctioneers at WSS-NY 2016 will also make their
auctions available to StampAuctionNetwork bidders using our live bidding
platform on any device. You can bid from anywhere in the world,
or even the auction room floor using StampAuctionNetwork's live bidding.
April 18th, 2016. Tour de Cure Charity Auction to Benefit the American Diabetes Association. Our 4th annual auction for diabetes
was a record breaker! Over $45,000 was raised that will go directly to research efforts to cure diabetes. My ride will
be May 14th and 15th. Thanks again to all our auction sponsors who made generous donations of stamps and covers for the
auction, and to our collector friends who also made contributions. A special thanks to Daniel Kelleher LLC who at the last
minute provided some excellent Asia material which was hotly contested. When the dust had settled, Kelleher was
responsible for over $30,000 of the $45,500 total. Paradise Vally and Earl P.L. Apfelbaum also made large contributions.
December 31, 2014. Announcing StampAuctionNetwork for Mobile Devices!Just click on the link or go to
mStampAuctions.com or StampAuctionMobile.com to use StampAuctionNetwork on any of your mobile devices. The new interface has
been in development for a year now, and has been tested by our own StampAuctionNetwork mobile evaluation team, so it is ready for
general use. Please send any additional feedback my way!
June 26, 2014, a 30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Flags Inverted (121b) sold in the Siegel Rarities of the World to a SAN Live Bidder for $290,000. See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
May 13, 2014, a few new records for SAN Live Bidders. The C3a 24¢ Invert Position 89, sold
to a SAN Live bidder for $230,000. Interestingly, it last sold to a different SAN Live bidder two years
earlier for $150,000.See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
April 1, 2014. The 2nd Annual TourdeCure Charity Auction for the American Diabetes Association
realized over $11,000. The autographed copy of Bill Gross's book sold for $775.
June 25, 2013, SAN Live Bidders shattered several 6 year records which I did not think would be broken.
First the new record for a single lot sold to a live bidder is $1,950,000 breaking the old record of
$650,000. The new monthly record is already over $5 million which breaks the previous
monthly record of $4.3 million. See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
June 8, 2013 - Let us do your Searches for you! Manage your Saved Searches and opt in for email notification. Just Login, and pick Search to turn your
saved searched into email notifications. You will get matches on your searches via email when the auctions are first posted.
May 23rd, 2013 - Language Translation Introduced. Press the "Translate On" button to translate from English to any of
several dozen languages, or to translate to English. Please send your comments to support@stampauctionnetwork.com.
March 29, 2013 - A record month at StampAuctionNetwork. 3,931 lots sold to 476 different
live bidders for $3,870,432 for the month of March, 2013!
May 4th, 2012. We added some pagination to the search feature to make it easier to use. No limits on results now.
Dec 14th, 2011. Non US Live bidders take most of Kelleher Delta Collection. 51% of the sale went to Live Bidders,
but the US made up only 10% of that. Most went to Saudia Arabian, Egyptian, and UAE bidders.
October 31, 2011 - A record month at StampAuctionNetwork. 2,985 lots sold to 620 different
live bidders for $3,851,952 for the month of October, 2011!
June, 2007. $650,000 record for a lot sold on the Internet,
$3.1 Million, record for a day,
$4.3 Million to Live Bidders for the month.
October 16, 2011 - Another busy live bidding week.
1534 lots were sold to live bidders totaling $1.3 million
and 348 different winning bidders participated in
auctions by Siegel, Apfelbaum, and Kelleher.
August 19-20, 2011 - a record 171 different live bidders were sucessful in
the Spink Shreve's Collector's series sale.
June 4-5, 2010 - 137 different Live Bidders took home a record 837 lots totaling $660,000
at the Harmers Sale.
March 12, 2010 - A record 154 Live Bidders took home 515 lots totaling $672,635
at Spink Shreve's Collector's series sale.
Robert A. Siegel sells over 40% of Sale 983 to Live Bidders - February 23, 2010
3,421 unique visits per day as of February, 2010
September 13, 2008 -
A record 130 Live Bidders took home 796 lots totaling $817,000
at Spink Shreve's Collector's series sale.
with over 16,000 Registered Bidders!
October 21-24, 2010 - a record 174 different Live Bidders took home a record 1014 lots totaling $576,215 at the
Daniel Kelleher Sale.
Raritan Stamps, Inc.
The Sale contains 1231 lots and represents the property of 28 owners. Among the highlights are: over 100 lots related to Worldwide Air Post, including Pioneer and Zeppelin Flights of various countrie - December 4-5, 2024
The Sale contains 1231 lots and represents the property of 28 owners. Among the highlights are:
over 100 lots related to Worldwide Air Post, including Pioneer and Zeppelin Flights of various countries; Beautiful selection of US, BNA and Canada Proofs, Errors and Multiples; Valuable British Commonwealth, including Kings George V, George VI and Queen Elizabeth II definitive sets of various colonies; China of all periods, including rare imperf between of the Mollendorf 9c in block of four; Nice items from French and Portuguese Colonies; Strong Russian and Soviet Union material with emphasis of never hinged items; Outstanding range of Ukrainian trident overprints from renowned Collections of John Bulat, Dr. Seichter and Dr. Zelonka; valuable lots of Western Ukraine and fantastic Carpatho-Ukraine from the Jiri Majer Estate.
StampAuctionNetwork
Classic US, and Country Collection Lots - December 5, 2024
We start with a number of very high quality US Classics, including an 85E 12c Black Z Grill with a new PF cert graded 85J -- the only 85E graded jumbo from both the PF and PSE and a number of other top 10 in their censuses US Classics. In the classic area we also have an exceptional Canada 1868 3c Large Queen. We are continuing our efforts to bring new collectors to auctions by offering a number of starter country collection lots. Each of these lots were pulled from worldwide collections and sometimes combined to create the opportunity to get a good start on collecting a country at low cost.
ABC Auction/Michael E. Aldrich, Inc.
Michael E. Aldrich Fall Sale #114 - December 5-7, 2024
This sale contains 1624 lots including 969 expertizing certificates. Graded material abounds throughout this sale. There are too many rarities to list them all but we present this sale with great pride especially for the Estate of Edward Foehl. A few highlights: 15L13 Cover, 5c Dark Brown #1a Horizontal Pair, 5c Red Brown #12 with full OG, 12c Black #17 with full OG, 3c Pink #64 “True Pink” Shade, 15c Brown Blue Without Grill #118a, 10c Green #226 Graded 100, 5c Dull Blue #288 Graded 95J, 5c Blue #317 Rare Vertical Pair, 1c Blue Green #318 Horizontal Pair, 5c Blue #355 “Top Pop”, 2c Carmine Rose #645 Graded 100, 8c Green #C4 Graded 100, plus Shanghai Rarities, Official Rarities, plus hundreds of U.S. Revenue Rarities, a strong section of beautiful Hawaii multiples, a group of Worldwide stamps will finish out this 3 day event.
Oakwood Auctions
Worldwide 2-Day Public Auction - December 7-8, 2024
Oakwood Auctions is proud to announce its "December Stamps & Coins 2-DAY Auction".
There will be plenty of material for the dealer and collector alike, with singles, collections and accumulations for every budget. There will be British Commonwealth, Canada, USA, Worldwide countries, postal history, coins and tokens, and more. There are many highlights throughout the entire sale. Some Highlights: British Columbia 1867 #12 50 Cents on 3d Violet Stamp Mint, British Columbia Vancouver Island 1860 #2 Dull Rose, Canada 1911-1925 #108 3c Brown Block of 25 with 23 MNH, USA 1898 Columbians Plate Proofs, and rare Trans-Mississippi essays, Great Britain 1855 #17 2d Blue perf 14 on Bluish Paper Mint, Egypt 1922-2019 #78/#2212 Mint/Used Collection, North Vietnam 1948 #IL62/#IL63 VF NH Sheets, China 1902 Cover from Shanghai to Killiney Ireland plus so much more!
JustCollecting
Stamp Rarities Auction - December 9, 2024
Just Collecting is hosting its biggest ever stamp auction with over 1000 lots. The sale is very strong in British Commonwealth stamp rarities.
Free global shipping. No VAT on the hammer.
Spink London
The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico - December 10, 2024
The auction will be held in London on December 10th, 2024, and conducted in U.S. dollars.
The sale features key items from the "Hidalgo" issues, a selection of “Eagles” including rare examples of the “Eagle” 3 centavos and unique sub-office printings, previously unknown "Maximilian" essays and an array of rarities from the post-classic and semi-modern periods.
François Feldman
Mail Auction - France, French Colonies and Rest of World - December 10, 2024
The Parisian Auction House François Feldman is pleased to announce that our sale n° 138 closing December 10th, 2022 (Bids will be accepted until 12:00 (noon). Eastern Daylight Time) is now online. This mega auction consisting of 3413 lots offers something of interest to every collector, dealer or investor. All prices are in Euros.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auctions
Gems of Philately - December 11, 2024
Welcome to our annual Gems of Philately sale of exceptional stamps and postal history. While the sale this year is primarily United States, some outstanding foreign items can be found such as the superb mint never hinged block of four of the G.B. £1 Seahorse . The United States section is highlighted by a select group of free franks including perhaps the finest known Davy Crockett free frank , the Unique Valentine's Day postmark cover , a fine array of Western Covers, choice U.S. singles and multiples including an outstanding group of seldom seen proofs, etc. Enjoy the sale!
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC
Collections, Stocks and Accumulations of the World - December 17-18, 2024
Imaging continues! Be sure to check back for updates! A well-balanced sale with over 700 lots, with strength throughout, starting with intact US collections, followed by various Back-of-the-Book selections, EFOs, Face Value lots, interesting and valuable Postal History including a single-owner selection of Internment Camps and World War I & II lots, US Possessions, UN, a lovely 2¢ red brown (#210) exhibit, and ending with some desirable picture post cards. Great Britain & Commonwealth are nicely represented with strong Canada and BNA. Worldwide presents Afghanistan to Yugoslavia in almost 250 lots, with notable Albania, Belgium, China & PRC, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, outstanding France including Offices & Colonies, exceptionally strong Germany (with States, Colonies, and Occupations) featuring an incredible intact WWII Propaganda collection.
Censuses, NFT Corner, White Papers and Newsletters
The Latest PDF Example Censuses. Available with any Extended Features plan at or over $49.95 / year. (Signup Here).
Most of the censuses have the top 50 examples in each format NH **, OG *, NG (*), Used, Multiples, Pairs and on Cover, except where noted.
1851 1c Blue Type IV US 9
1860 30c Orange and 90c Blue. US 38 and 39
1861 24c Violet, Thin Paper. US 70c
1870-1871 1c - 90c "I. Grills". US 134a-144a
1893 Columbians used plus the 4c error of color. US 230-245 used
Key US Revenues. R17c, R99c, R102c, R129
1934 Federal Hunting Permit. US RW1 with used on 3333 forms.
Sampler #1 from requests. US 10a, 24 on cover, 292-E6, Canal Zone 157a, Canada CL20-21, Zululand 29
Sampler #2 from requests. Bahamas 4, New Brunswick 5, US 296a, CSA 12X2, and Hawaii 7
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