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Paradise Valley Stamp Company - Box & Country Lot Sale #F518 - No Buyer's Premium - Free Shipping - November 22, 2019
Our 518th sale includes over 700 lots stamps and postal
history. United States is highlighted by cut squares and postal stationery
some both quality single lots In addition Hawaii with multicolor bank note
franking to France, our ever popular cigar boxes with stamps from various
countries, France and French Colonies, Monaco incl. scarce souvenir sheets,
Andorra. Further a couple of scarce stamps from the British Protectorate
of Togo, each of which only a handful are known, each with BPA
certificates. Then of course a large number of quality US and Worldwide
singles, as well as specialized collections and country collections.
Denmark with extremely fine NH singles as wells as scarce plate varieties.
Gert Müller GmbH - Worldwide Public Auction - November 22-23, 2019
The 105th Gert Müller auction offers a large and valuable range of material from the whole world with the main emphasis on Germany. It contains many single lots with classic period rarities from Switzerland and German states as well as the recently rediscovered trial cancellation from Riedbach (estimate €50,000). In a special catalogue we offer the first part of a very valuable, fine quality collection of German area from 1872 onwards. Furthermore, this auction contains a wide range of collections and lo
ts with estimated starting prices from €100 to €50,000. This includes collections of Germany, Switzerland and all world in addition to large estates in many boxes and shelves.
Filatelia Llach, S.L. - Worldwide Internet/Mail Sale - November 28, 2019
Welcome to our sale 143. This sale offers classic and important sets of most countries, including: Spain and Spanish area, with nice classics items, mint or used with high quality items; Postal History, including important collection of CUBA (First part) with important items; Good sets in 1900-1960 period with varieties; Spanish Colonies and Dependences with nice, rare and valuable lots, Latin America with nice BOLIVIA, Great Britain and area, Germany and area, France and area, Italy and area, Japan, Me
xico Postal History, Monaco MS, Sweden, etc. value sets and covers worldwide; Also countries collections with important and high value groups.
Auction Galleries Hamburg vormals Schwanke GmbH - Worldwide Auction of Stamps, Postal History, Coins & Postcards - November 29-30, 2019
Dear collector friends, the catalogue of our 15th auction is now online. This time it is particularly difficult for the author to point out the very large and wide-ranging number of lots of special features and rarities. To mention a lot is a decision between a rock and a hard place... One very special and unique item that is a special pleasure for us to present a - philatelic - atypical lot: lot 5901 a partly hand-painted map of the General Post Office Berlin from the year 1777 comes to the exclamation.
Even the experienced and often long-standing employees of our company have very rarely seen such a gorgeous single item. Especially the wealth of individual details and the good preservation makes this historical piece a philatelically highly interesting object!
Corinphila Auctions AG - Worldwide Public Auction - December 3-7, 2019
Featuring the first part of the ERIVAN Collections Classic Switzerland and Zeppelin Mail; the second part of the Brian Moorhouse Estate of Latin America; the second part of the Besançon Collection of Pre-Union South Africa including Mafeking Siège Stamps, Vryburg, Griqualand, Natal, Orange Free States and Transvaal and the fifth part of the Jack Luder Collection of Swiss Cantonal and Federal stamps. Also, the 'philately from around the world' material in our Europe & Worldwide catalogue is of excellent
quality including a special collection of European Transit Mail to 1800, a fine part of Austria and Austrian Levant, special collection of Papal State and the German part includes a special collection of Heligoland. Further a fine range of Great Britain and Colonies with Cyprus, Gibraltar, Iraq, Long Island, Papua and Papua New Guinea.
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC - US, British and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History - December 3-5, 2019
Flagship sale with nearly 2300 lots of US and Worldwide stamps and postal history, including: The Arthur H. Groten, M.D. Collection of World Airmail Etiquettes; The John K. Laurie Collection of Canada and Provinces; The "Amigos" Collection of Spain; The Syster Family Collection of the World; The "Sherman Oaks" Collection of Worldwide Never Hinged; The Jack A. Gordon Collection of the U.S. "Black Jack" Issue; The Daniel R. Seigle Collection of U.S. Postal History Part 1; The Richard Levy Collection of U.S
. "Prexie" Usages; The Jack R. McClellan Collection of Quality U.S. Stamps and Plate Blocks; The Howard R. Finkle Collection of Quality U.S. Singles
Lot 5103 -
1851 2 Reales red, unused without gum, margins all around, nice delicate color, v.f., signed Roger Calves, with 2014 COMEX certificate. A rarity from Spain (Ed.8, Euro 27,000) cat. $24000 (Cat No. 8)....Cat. $24000, Est.$7,500
Currently US$ 7,000
Lot 5444 -
C4, Rare used example of the 60› DE PINEDO AIRMAIL in selected condition. Nicely centered with the customary wavy line cancel, excellent colour. VF. Has been lightly pencil Signed on reverse by experts Raybaudi, Bolaffi & Diena. Has 1964 Diena Certificate, 1966 Bolaffi Certificate & 2019 Greene Foundation Certificate....25,000.00+
Lot 2143 -
BELGIUM, 1929, 20fr DARK GREEN PERF 14x14½ MINT, #213 var, fresh, very lightly hinged, very fine, scarce, with 2016 Pierre Kaiser cert., unlisted in Scott, cat. COB #290B @ €500.00....$150
Currently US$ 150
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 Agent 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.
SAN Agent 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 Agent 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 tldroege@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.
Victoria Stamp Company - Public Auction #38 - November 23, 2019
The incomparable Silver Jubilee postal history collection formed by John Cooper. The Br. America collections of Barry Friedman of used stamps, postal history and postal stationery. His censored covers are particularly collectible. One of the superb collections formed by Charles Freeland, FRPSL. His Montserrat is replete with rarities, proof material and marvelous covers. Duane Larson's Jamaica and in particular the Llandovery Falls issue, has yielded an interesting study of many aspects of that issue. St
even Gardiner's Basutoland covers from his Gold Medal collection offers obscure and scarce material. James Stubbs was both a collector and part-time dealer whose interest was used stamps of primarily the KGVI reign. He also collected Rhodesia Double Heads and Admirals with emphasis on cancellations and plate flaws. A comprehensive Sarawak collection with interesting varieties, postal history, large multiples for plating, etc.
Paradise Valley Stamp Company - France & Monaco Auction #A146 - No Buyer's Premium Free Shipping - November 27, 2019
We have included a number of attractive classics, most signed or with
certs, a nice run of the 1870 Bordeaux used with many very fine and
extremely fine examples in a variety of shades, a beautiful essay/proof
collection mounted for exhibition offered intact, an attractive run of air
post, pre-cancel and official issues de luxe proofs, scarce and rare
postage dues as well as several attractive singles from the Sage issue.
Monaco is highlighted by a beautiful mint single of the 1919 5fr+5fr Dull
Red signed by Roumet.
Vance Auctions Ltd. - Wordwide Auction - November 27, 2019
Welcome to our 341st Auction of over 8,100 lots closing November 27, 2019. Some highlights: exceptional Newfoundland including a used #C4 airmail (three Certificates) and a mint #C5 airmail with Certificate; excellent Canada from Pence issues to modern errors including mint and used Seaway Inverts; extensive Germany, Offices, and Colonies; United States with key early items plus Shanghai, Revenues, and Confederates; strong Italy with better singles, sets and varieties; interesting philatelic literature,
ephemera, coins (many gold), and paper money; good Br. Commonwealth with sets and individual high values; worldwide covers, postal history and postcards; hundreds of collections, accumulations, and box lots. No buyer’s fee. Major credit cards accepted. Bids can be submitted via SAN, email, telephone or fax. Bidding will continue until Midnight EST on Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
Cherrystone Auctions - The Hawkins Collection of Selected European Countries - December 4, 2019
The Hawkins collection is a fine assembly of unused stamps from several
pre-World War II European Countries, notably Albania, Austria, Luxembourg,
Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. There are many rare and seldom offered
classics, such as an unused 1851 2 Reales Isabella and 3 Cuartos Arms of
Madrid from Spain, Zurich and Geneva 4Rp and 6Rp, as well as a Basel Dove
and a complete selection of Sitting and Standing Helvetias. Most of the
individual lots are accompanied by certificates, with excellent and
comprehensive balances offered intact, with Greece, Germany, Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia and others.
