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The philatelic world has lost a giant, we mourn the death of Bob Dumaine. Bob loved everything about stamps and stamp collecting.
His influence, creativity, and knowledge will be sorely missed. I especially remember his activity in 1992 to create standards
for Stamp Auction houses. We were just getting started writing auction software in 1990 and would create StampAuctionNetwork in 1994,
so that was all vivid in my memory. Read the full obituary (here).
Philately.live, Your Gateway to the Global Philatelic Community is online.
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December 12th, 2023 StampAuctionNetwork announces the first ChatBot for Philately. Read about it
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5 Minute Video and Demo about the Ecosystem Mapping Concept. (here)
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Gert Mueller GmbH
124th Auction - November 19-23, 2024
The 124th international Gert Mueller Auction will take place from November 19th to 23rd 2024. It includes numerous rare single lots with many rarities from various European countries as well as Germany. Also many collections, large estates, postcards and cover lots will also be offered.
Harmers International, Inc.
Fall 2024 Auction - November 20, 2024
Harmers International's November 20th, 2024 auction of United States, British Commonwealth, and Foreign begins at 1PM Eastern Time. The sale contains over 400 lots with highlights of Postal History from around the world, strong Great Britain, Cape of Good Hope, Canada, Specialized Puerto Rico classics, Iraq, New Issues from the US and international. The sale also includes a lovely group of illustrated covers and over 110 lots of Collections and Various containing thousands of stamps and covers from the collections of Guy Dillaway, George Sayers, Bruce Mackey, Kathy Johnson, Dr. Cranston Holman and others.
Auction Galleries Hamburg vormals Schwanke GmbH
Worldwide Public Auction - November 29-30, 2024
As a special introduction, Auction Galleries Hamburg will present in its November auction 140 lots from the large Russia / Soviet Union collection of a dedicated philatelist. This stock focuses on the 1932 and 1933 All-Union stamp exhibitions in Moscow and Leningrad. Included is one of the greatest rarities of the Soviet Union: the so-called All-union souvenir sheet with special overprint for the ‘best activists’ of the Moscow exhibition. Of the 25 pieces in this edition, only 15 survived the war, and the souvenir sheet offered by AGH is one of the best-preserved pieces.
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.
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 880 -
COLDSTREAM HANDSTRUCK "4": 9 Jan. 1840 EL to Abbots Meadows, clean cover, excellent strike on front. One of five recorded. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, BERWICKSHIRE....
Currently GBP 500
Lot 414 -
FRANCE IMPRESSIVE MINT NEVER HINGED DEALER'S STOCK 1933-45 IN ALBUM, incl. regular, commem. and semi-postal issues, a very few lightly hinged present, replete with better issues and sets, fresh and fine-very fine, cat. $18,000.00....US$500
Sold for US$ 350
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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Philately.Live -- A curated Google for Philately. It contains all the Societies, Organizations, Foundations, Clubs, Auctions, Dealers, Marketplaces, Publications, Stamp Issuing entities, Stamp Shows and Exhibits, and Museums.
It gives you access to auction calendars, dealer offerings, calendars of events, and more.
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.
David Feldman SA
Autumn Auction Series - Switzerland, Egypt, Europe and All World - November 18-24, 2024
David Feldman is delighted to present its Autumn Auction Series, featuring over 7,500 lots – the largest offering in a decade. Our catalogues include Egypt; Switzerland – from classics to modern; Great Britain; British Empire – including Ireland; the Port Louis Collection of Mauritius; the largest offering the company ever presented of France and Colonies as well as our traditional Europe, Overseas and All World Collections. Switzerland: This auction features an impressive range of Swiss stamps, covers and collections, including many rarities and unusual items. Egypt: Our Egypt catalogue features early postal history from Venetian mail, the Napoleonic era, and Waghorn’s postal routes. Key highlights include rare items from King Fouad I and King Farouk, essays, proofs from the Vahan Andonian collection and many more. Europe and Overseas: The Europe and Overseas catalogue features nearly 2’000 lots of single items, group and country collections, including classic Austria and Greece, a further portion of the "Marcel" Romania and some magnificent world rarities. For the Overseas section, notables features are China including the Communist period and important postal history from Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Reinhard Fischer Auktionen
Worldwide Public Auction of Stamps, Coins and Collections - November 20-22, 2024
Dr. Reinhard Fischer's auction house will be presenting its 199th auction on 20 to 22 November, 2024. More than 5,500 lots with a total starting price of over 1,6 Million EUR will be auctioned. The auction offers a special catalogue with collections "Treasures from the treasure box" Germany and Europe, esp. German Empire and Occupation WW II. as well as collection "Neptune" German colonie and Occupation WW II.: German States: interesting lots incl. Brunswick MiNo. 7H bisected on VF cover ex collection Gaston Nehrlich, German Empire: interesting offer incl. 9 Kr. "Breast Shield" MNH ** - one of the finest ex. in existence, German Colonies: an astonishing offer incl. PO China MiNo. 12 handstamp MNH ** very fine and PO Turkey Unissued MiNo. VI in MNH ** with types I + II, German occupation: an astonishing offer incl. outstanding offer Dunkerque MiNo. 46II MH * and 47II MH * - only 2 known - and the 50 F. top value A48II MNH ** - only known ex. of this stamp!, Germany past 1945: a rich offer incl. Essay "Karl Marx" used on cover - unique, Europe: interesting offer Austria incl. "Dollfuß" phase printing and Switzerland unperforated issues, Main catalogue: a rich offer incl. German Empire Service MiNo. 71Y used, rare propaganda cards WW II. and interesting offer Hawaii.
Corinphila Auctions AG
Worldwide Rarities Public Auction - November 22, 2024
Our next scheduled auction will start Friday November 22nd up to Saturday November 30th featuring the ‘Kooyong’ Collection with Australia and the Dr. Thomas & Richard Debney collection of Western Australia, continued with Besançon Great Britain ‘The missed Opportunities’ and the Simon Beresford-Wylie (part II) up to classic Switzerland with the third part of Richard Schaefers International Large Gold awarded ‘Swiss Federal Mail 1859/54’. A wide range of classic material awaits you in 13 special catalogues and in our 'Europe & Overseas' catalogue, including the last part of the Brian Moorhouse estate, worldwide postal history of the Enzo Carnio Collection (part II) as well as Incoming Mail to the Netherlands.
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.
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
More details and info on how to request a census (here)
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