Postage Stamps
Slow boat to China sails to six times its estimate
The best example of a postmark on a Chinese stampless cover has brought $62.5k
Cook's Snowshoe Express speeds to $36k in New York
A Californian cover with a unique postmark climbs past expectations
Treasure of China's Cultural Revolution sells for World Record
An $859k corner block of stamps has become the most expensive philatelic item from the People's Republic
1897 Chinese stamp brings World Record
The overprint of a Red Revenue stamp brought $711k, the most ever paid for a single Chinese stamp at auction
Looking forward to the London 2010 Festival of Stamps
Running throughout the year, the world's largest philatelic festival is dedicated to King George V
Near-unique Caribbean stamp block could bring £15k
The Antiguan 1d pair, one of only two examples known to exist, will auction in seven weeks
Rising bids on a stampless Florida cover reach $14k
The only known cover handstamped in Spanish-ruled colonial Florida is selling in New York
Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps clamber past their estimate
Spink have sold a rare sheet of Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps in their Hong Kong auction
Chinese Goose stamps soar past estimates
A 9-block of century old stamps has sold for $28k in a Hong Kong auction
Monkey see, monkey do...
Two complete, but different, sheets of Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps have been put up to sell on the same day
Today in History... the first Windsor ascends the throne
January 22, 1901: Following the death of Queen Victoria, her only son is proclaimed King Edward VII
Worth more than its weight in gold
A rare $15k 'Nugget Express' cover is waiting to be picked up in New York
