Philatelic Tidbits - Stamp Collecting News and Opinions

Archive for 2006/01


Sotheby’s to auction NZ stamp collection

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!On February 15-17, Sotheby’s will auction the Sir Gawain Baillie collection of rare New Zealand stamps. The collection is purported to be the most comprehensive collection of New Zealand stamps to ever be formed, and is worth approximately $45 […]

New Scott number listings

The Scott number listings on the reference page are updated and improved. They are now database-driven pages, and contain First-Day of Issue for most issues. I will endeavor to complete the FDOI listings sometime this week. I have designed these pages to be printable, so they do not have any of the menus and links […]

U.S. Lunar New Year Stamp Release

The USPS has released this year’s Lunar New Year Stamp Sheet. This issue will be exact in design to last years Scott # 3895. With the following exceptions:

1) This year’s increase in rate means we do not have to deal with the unlucky number 444 or should I say $4.44. Mathematically .39 x 12 […]

U.S. Releases Hattie McDaniel Stamp

Yesterday, January 25, in Los Angeles California the Black Heritage Series Hattie McDaniel stamp had it’s first day ceremony. This single .39-cent stamp is available in panes of twenty.

The Black Heritage Series issue this year features the first African American to win an Academy Award. Hattie McDaniel is perhaps best known for her award-winning role […]

Escala Group Press Release

The Escala Group, home to Greg Manning Auctions, issued this press release today:

Escala Group Schedules 20 Major Philatelic Auctions From January Through June 2006 Tuesday January 24, 8:00 am ET Firm Named as an Official Auctioneer for Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Escala Group (Nasdaq: ESCL - News) today announced that […]

Close
E-mail It