Postage Stamps
First South African stamps to auction in Johannesburg today
The stamps were first issued in the British colony of South Africa in 1853
First world war stamps make $10,000 in London philatelic sale
The stamps were issued in a first world war internment camp on the Isle of Man
£1 Australia Roo First Watermark stamp to auction for $112,500
The �1 Australia Roo First Watermark stamp includes a CA monogram
1893 Columbian Issue first day covers to make $70,000?
An 1893 Columbian Issue first day cover set is coming to auction in New York next month
Trans-Mississippi first day cover leads Siegel's World's Fair Collection
A Trans-Mississippi first day cover could make $75,000 on November 6
New Zealand's first stamp sells above estimate for $10,750
New Zealand's first stamp, an 1855 1d dull carmine, starred at the Wellington auction
Harvey Mirsky Collection first issue block up 125% on estimate
A block of first issue stamps from The Harvey Mirsky Collection achieved $450,000 on April 24
First Chinese airmail cover smashes estimate by 30% at postage stamp auction
The �65,000 Chinese airmail cover is further evidence of the health of the country's stamp market
First Chinese airmail cover offered for sale from the Fiorenzo Longhi collection
The Fiorenzo Longhi collection of airmails includes the first Chinese airmail, as carried in 1920
Contract for Canada's first stamps sold for $32,000 in London auction
The contract for Canada's first stamps sold at a London auction alongside Newfoundland rarities
10c black US first issue stamp triples estimate to $120,000 at Siegel Auctions
This exceptionally fine 10c black stamp from the 1847 issue defied all estimates at Siegel's auction
The first franked mail to France from the USA could deliver $29,100 next week
The piece is the likely star of David Feldman's Trans-Atlantic Mail Express auction
