Postage Stamps
The sky really is the limit: Our top five rare airmail stamps
On the day the first airmail delivery was made in 1918, we look at some classics of airborne philately
Around the world in 57 days: 'a postal history rarity of the highest order'
This $100,000 highlight of the Gordon Eubanks Collection will sell alongside a rare 30c pictorial invert
The 'Black Empress' commands $425,000 in Spink Shreves' stamp auction
One of the choicest examples of British North American stamps in existence has a new home
Classic American rarity, the 90c Carmine & Black six-block, could bring $300,000
The finer of two in the world, the rare stamp was the centrepiece of the greatest 1869 issue collections
The 'Crown Jewel' of Hong Kong philately brings a World Record price at Spink
A unique 96c olive-bistre stamp block brought $821,000 this last weekend in a major auction series
Spink Shreves offers the $500,000 'Black Empress of Canada' for sale
It is regarded as the finest mint example of a classic rarity: the 1851 12d black Canadian stamp
The Story of... America's 1898 issue Trans-Mississippi stamps
At first unpopular with collectors, these stamps won through as a great example of engravers' art
'America's favourite stamp' the Inverted Jenny sells for $300,000
Once a part of the famous Keith Wagner collection, this beautifully preserved stamp enchanted bidders
The Story of... Murderer John DuPont and the 'world's rarest' stamp
Following the 72-year-old's death in a US jail, what will become of the British Guiana 1c stamp?
The rare stamp collections of Chess champion Anatoly Karpov
One of the greatest players ever, Karpov owns a hugely valuable collection led by Belgian stamps
Not feeling the blues... Extremely rare 90c blue re-issue heads Siegel's stamp sale
The single used stamp brought $190,000 in the company's landmark 1,000th auction
Spot the missing Jaguar... Revealing the $63,800 rare 'technology' stamp
When it comes to rare stamp auctions, this 1966 great rarity proved that less is sometimes more...
