Postage Stamps

$40,000 cover to India leads the Vogel collection at Siegel's next stamps auction
An impressive range of materials from American and Samoan philately is going under the hammer

Stampless post to the Falklands and an Indian invert error lead London stamp sale
Spink's upcoming auction continues a series of rare stamp events based on the Commonwealth

Earliest design for the World Record priced Treskilling stamp could bring £20,000
Worthy of a museum, the 'mother die' of the world's most valuable commodity by weight is up for sale

Illustrated contemporary book of Captain Cook's voyage sails past expectations
The text on the exploration of Australia and New Zealand led a British books and stamps sale

Vast collection of valuable rare stamps, essays and errors to sell in New York
The enormous Nathan Liberman collection is soon to go under the hammer at Spink Shreves

Only block to feature the rare US 'Type 1b stamp' sells for $50,000
Formerly part of a number of top collections, this 1851 stamp sold from the Wagshal Collection

The earliest St Louis Bear looms large in the first Wagshal rare stamp auction
Jerome Wagshal's great collection scores an early hit with two $65,000 sales in New York

World's second-oldest stamp could bring $41,850 at auction
Selling in the US with the Penny Black is its rarer and more valuable sibling: the Two Penny Blue

Rare tiger stamp leaps to £34,000 in Singapore collectors' sale
Torn in half, but rejoined into an attractive whole, the 5 cent blue is one of the great rarities of Pahang

£96,000 cover from the famous Heard correspondence tops Singapore stamps sale
New England businessman Mr Heard made use of adhesive stamps as soon as they were available...

'Mint' Penny Black stamp appears at auction, valued at $15,500
It's uncommon to find Britain's first-ever postage stamp in this condition - and it's a great investment

Queen Victoria's historic stamps could bring five figures at auction
Two philatelic rarities from the late 19th century are up for sale at Vance Auctions in October