ChatGPT Rewrote my 10 Insider Tips for Bidding at Auction - #3 "Bid and buy with the end in mind" #stampauctionnetwork #top25USStamps #topUSStamps #stamp #snailmail #philately #stampcollecting #ChatGPT #drsuess #auctions #stampauctions #investing #collectibles
For a complete guide and overview of BASIC and PREMIUM Extended features watch this very informative video (here).
Also find a guide to our custom stamp census feature (here).
Finally, check out our latest highlight reel from the Daniel F. Kelleher Sale 815 (here) to see how the highlight reel option
will discover great stamps and covers in a sale.
Help! If you have lost all your listings on this page, you have wandered into one of the "Channels". To get back to
regular StampAuctionNetwork® Click Return to StampAuctionNetwork® here.
Philately.live, Your Gateway to the Global Philatelic Community is online.
Visit it
(here),
December 12th, 2023 StampAuctionNetwork® announces the first ChatBot for Philately. Read about it
(here)
5 Minute Video and Demo about the Ecosystem Mapping Concept. (here)
Watch a DEMO of the new features (Channels, Visual Searching, and Custom Configurations) that you can find (here).
For our latest Youtube video "Primer and introduction to GoogleLens for Philately versus StampAuctionNetwork® Extended Features" click (here).
And even if you don't collect Coins, take a look at CoinAuction.Network (here)
To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork® news in your
Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!
Feature Auctions
Oakwood Auctions
Worldwide 2-Day Public Auction - October 4-5, 2025
Oakwood Auctions is proud to announce its "October Stamps & Coins 2-DAY Auction" on October 4th-5th, 2025. Live Bidding will be available through both SAN, as well as our own website. Each day will begin at 11:00am EST. There will be plenty of material for the dealer and collector alike, with singles, collections and accumulations for every budget. There will be British Commonwealth, very strong in Canada, USA, Worldwide countries, postal history, coins, and more. There are many highlights throughout the entire sale.
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC
US & Worldwide Coins & Banknotes - October 7-8, 2025
Fractional Currency in over 145 lots, followed by Obsolete Currency with most graded and including some rare Republic of Texas notes, additional banknotes, encased postage, a nice assortment of Confederate Currency , an exceptionally rare and seldom-offered assortment of high-grade Hawaii Currency Proofs, groups and collections and a nice assortment of vintage Pocket Watches. One-of-a-kind Korean Cloisonné Silver Compartment Box and an amazing Tiffany Hampton Sterling Silver Seven-Piece Tea & Coffee Set, United States Coins (individual items and collections) with tons of variety in denominations ranging from Half Cents all the way up to $20 St. Gaudens Gold Coins—highlighted by an impressive array of Trade Dollars, Morgan Dollars, and Peace Dollars. Our Gold Coin section features a plethora of high-grade and eye-appealing raw coins, featuring a 1995-W American Silver Eagle NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo rarity, which is a must-have for any serious coin collector.
La Postale Philatelie
Internet / Mail Auction - October 7, 2025
Our selection, carefully cured by our expert, encapsulates the best of FRANCE, Cérès, Bordeaux, Sage, 20th Century, Air Post, Postal Packages, Stamp sheets, Stamp Booklets, varieties and rarities.
If FRENCH COLONIES are your choice, don’t miss checking out our collections on: Andorra, Monaco, General Colonies and Colonies such as Diego Suarez, French India, Gabon, Great Lebanon, Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Majunga, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Somali Coast, Siria, Tahiti, Zanzibar.
JustCollecting
The Crown & Dragon Auction - October 9, 2025
An exciting sale highlighted by Great Britain and China, featuring rare varieties, classic and modern issues, singles, blocks, and postal history certain to attract discerning collectors. Free global shipping. No VAT on the hammer.
Dutch Country Auctions
Coin & Currency Sale #43 - October 9, 2025
This sale offers collectors a nice selection of certified better-date Lincoln Cents (including an uncertified 1955 Double Die) most coming from a prominent Delaware collection. Also important is continuation of offerings of Bust Halves consigned by a St. Louis collector. Seated Quarters are well-represented from a recent New Jersey purchase. Per the norm, a wide range of silver and gold bullion items are in the sale, as well as a wide range of Morgan Dollars. A number of offset transfer errors highlight the small-size currency section, and spicing up the worldwide offerings is a broad selection of Notgeld (mostly German.) As usual, something for everyone!
Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s
Stamps & Covers of The World - October 14-15, 2025
Welcome to our Public Auction featuring Stamps & Covers of The World. A wide-ranging all World Auction of over 900 lots spanning all reigns with notable strength in the British Commonwealth. Highlights include KEVII/KGV die proofs; polar exploration material (National Antarctic Expedition, “Nimrod” ephemera and signatures) - and an impressive run of country collections and specialised singles. There are strong sections for Hong Kong, K.U.T., Rhodesia/Southern Rhodesia (key varieties including a 1/- imperf between pair, and the scarce overprint omitted on the 1909-12 £1 grey-purple. Notable rarities appear for Batum, New Guinea, Long Island provisionals, and the scarce Grenada 2½d KGVI perf variety. In Singapore there is a complete sheet of the 1954 $500 keyplate Revenue – a stunning multiple of this high value. Asia is well represented beyond Hong Kong, headlined by classic China with a Large Dragon 1878 3ca complete sheet of 25. Postal history is interleaved throughout the Auction giving something for every collector.
Kelleher and Rogers Limited
2025 Fall Sale featuring Classic China, Stamps of the People's Republic, Taiwan & Select Offerings f - October 15-16, 2025
Covering all periods and areas of China philately, plus a lovely array of material from across Asia, there is something here for all collectors and dealers. Singles highlights include several exquisite dollar-value Coiling Dragon and Hall of Classics issues (the latter including plate and imprint blocks), several “Provisional Neutrality” items, an unissued 10c Map of China commemorative, a 4c Junk Experimental Printing, PRC sets in rarely seen blocks of four and an unfolded Monkey sheet of 80, multiple Taiwan Flying Geese sets, outstanding Hong Kong sets, exceptional sen- and mon-value Japan Dragons, attractive Thailand sets and singles, and much more besides.
Spink New York
The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico Part II - October 15, 2025
The sale comprises 413 lots spanning classics to modern rarities. Highlights include the 1856 “Hidalgos” First Issue with over 100 lots, featuring multiples, scarce districts, and a remarkable cover franked with seventeen 4r stamps. The 1872 “Garbancitos” Issue offers one of the most complete district collections in years, ideal for beginning or enhancing specialized collections. The classic period also includes stampless mail, an exceptional “Eagles” section of over 40 lots, “Maximilians,” and later “Hidalgos.” Modern rarities feature “Medallions,” “Numerals,” rare “Mulitas” essays, “Pro-Universidad” issues, key airmail pieces, scarce “Secretaría” watermarks, and “Exporta.” Proofs and essays, from 1864 to the 1940s, are a notable strength throughout the sale.
Status International
Worldwide Public Auction - October 17, 2025
Status International - Sale 400, October 17th, 2025.
Auction 400 has 8,816 lots, catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. Items range from $10 to $55,000 so there's something for everybody. This auction offers strong representation of Australia & Colonies, strong British Empire material of all areas & periods, as well as General Foreign including small and large collections, the Australian lots cover all periods. In addition, there are almost 5,400 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections. Numerous other British Empire, European, The Americas and Asia.
Van Looy and Van Looy Stamp Auctions
Worldwide Public Auction - October 20-25, 2025
Welcome to our auction #181: This sale brings together a diverse selection with strong offerings in Belgium and the Congo, complemented by a wide range of stamps from around the world. Collectors will also find dedicated literature sections, covering general philatelic literature. The sale's offerings are sure to attract keen collector interest.
Lot 2174 -
GREAT BRITAIN, 1935, 2½p PRUSSIAN BLUE SILVER JUBILEE USED ON COVER, #229a, a beautiful and well-centered single tied by Westmead Corner - Carshalton town cancel on a clean cover with typed address, choice and extremely fine in every way, with 1976 BPA and 1998 Brandon certificates, cat. $15,000.00, Gibbons #456a @ £14,000.00 both values for a used single
Accompanied by original Stanley Gibbons sales card mentioning four covers known, this being the finest. A major George V era r....US$2,500
Currently US$ 2,500
Lot 112 -
COMMEMORATIVE Issues, 64 Diff. Cmpt. Mint Sheets, 32 c. to 37 c. Values, Sound Cond., MNH, VF, Face Value is $383.73....500.00
Sold for US$ 220
Lot 2 -
1902, 8c VIOLET BLACK TOP IMPRINT SINGLE NH GRADED '95J', #306, gorgeous single with remarkably detailed impression displaying the every aspect of the design, virtually perfectly centered amidst oversized margins, extremely fine/superb, with 1999 P.F. cert. and 2021 PSAG cert graded '95J', SMQ $1,100.00
This stamp ranks as number 6 out of 149 in StampAuctionNetwork's census placing it in the the top 2%-tier group. A stunning example of the Martha Washington 1902 stamp, the first ....Suggested Bid
Currently US$ 600
Graham Beck, from the Youtube video channel, "Exploring Stamps"
does an amazing job introducing the next generation to Philately. His latest video looks at the United States "Cattle in the Storm" to ask the question... "Is this the most Beatiful U.S. Stamp"?
Let's show Graham some love and visit his site and take a listen.
In the video he mentions Canada's "Bluenose" as a contender for the most Beautiful stamp of all -- so in my video we will look at both stamps.
For the Complete Article or Video Click
(here)
To Watch a Video with Bonus content using the StampAuctionNetwork® Data Click
(here)
To Browse the Auction Sale Click
(here)
Philately.Live -- A curated Google for Philately. It contains all the Societies, Organizations, Foundations, Clubs, Auctions, Dealers, Marketplaces, Publications, Stamp Issuing entities, Stamp Shows and Exhibits, and Museums.
It gives you access to auction calendars, dealer offerings, calendars of events, and more.
November 14th, the new record for a single C3a 24¢ Invert Position 49, sold
to a SAN Live bidder for $1,350,000 + the buyers commission -- this is 2nd place on the all-time highest prices paid using Live Bidding. The bidder was asked if he wanted to be on the phone, and he said, "No I'm fine with StampAuctionNetwork® Live".See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
June 20, 2018 -- StampAuctionNetwork Unattended Live Bidding was thoroughly test and performed exceptionally. We had 7 bidders participate in the test, They bid on 40 lots in the Siegel International Sale, they won 8 lots, won all the ties, bought lots totalling $14,500, and saved $1,650 at a cost of $145.
Unattended Live fees are waived in June, 2018 to anyone who uses the service. You must join StampAuctionNetwork® Basic or Extended features at some level (trial, BASIC, Extended, or PowerUser), but that can be as little as $9.95/year. Fees are 1% of the hammer price.
June 13, 2018 -- StampAuctionNetwork goes over $1 Billion! (adjusted for currency).
With the addition of a number of recent David Feldman SA sales, and the restoration of Shreves Sales 7-39, 151-157, and 161-162 (31,000 lots with PR's of 45 million), StampAuctionNetwork® officially crosses
the $1 Billion mark in prices realized. No other auction site has this significant a database of prices realized.
June 11, 2018. Instructional Videos and Webinars are released at StampAuctionNetwork® starting with "StampAuctionNetwork® Unattended Live Bidding Explained"
December 20, 2017. Record Breaking Results. SAN Bidders broke the record for percent of Sales sold for a major sale. Over 83% of Robert A Siegel's sale 1173 sold to SAN bidders, with another 11% of Lots where the SAN bidder was the underbidder. Only 6% of lots sold without SAN competition.
June 9th, 2016. Live Bidding results at WSS-NY 2016. Even though the entire world was at WSS, SAN Live
bidders who were not at the show brought home great stamps. Live Bidders won $1,059,000 of lots offered by the four
auction houses at WSS, and were the underbidders on another $700,000 worth of material, bringing the total impact of
SAN live bidders to $1,734,000. Thank you live bidders!
May 29, 2016. Live Bidding at World Stamp Show-NY 2016. We are pleased to announce
that all of the auctioneers at WSS-NY 2016 will also make their
auctions available to StampAuctionNetwork® bidders using our live bidding
platform on any device. You can bid from anywhere in the world,
or even the auction room floor using StampAuctionNetwork's live bidding.
April 18th, 2016. Tour de Cure Charity Auction to Benefit the American Diabetes Association. Our 4th annual auction for diabetes
was a record breaker! Over $45,000 was raised that will go directly to research efforts to cure diabetes. My ride will
be May 14th and 15th. Thanks again to all our auction sponsors who made generous donations of stamps and covers for the
auction, and to our collector friends who also made contributions. A special thanks to Daniel Kelleher LLC who at the last
minute provided some excellent Asia material which was hotly contested. When the dust had settled, Kelleher was
responsible for over $30,000 of the $45,500 total. Paradise Vally and Earl P.L. Apfelbaum also made large contributions.
December 31, 2014. Announcing StampAuctionNetwork® for Mobile Devices!Just click on the link or go to
mStampAuctions.com or StampAuctionMobile.com to use StampAuctionNetwork® on any of your mobile devices. The new interface has
been in development for a year now, and has been tested by our own StampAuctionNetwork® mobile evaluation team, so it is ready for
general use. Please send any additional feedback my way!
June 26, 2014, a 30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Flags Inverted (121b) sold in the Siegel Rarities of the World to a SAN Live Bidder for $290,000. See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
May 13, 2014, a few new records for SAN Live Bidders. The C3a 24¢ Invert Position 89, sold
to a SAN Live bidder for $230,000. Interestingly, it last sold to a different SAN Live bidder two years
earlier for $150,000.See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
April 1, 2014. The 2nd Annual TourdeCure Charity Auction for the American Diabetes Association
realized over $11,000. The autographed copy of Bill Gross's book sold for $775.
June 25, 2013, SAN Live Bidders shattered several 6 year records which I did not think would be broken.
First the new record for a single lot sold to a live bidder is $1,950,000 breaking the old record of
$650,000. The new monthly record is already over $5 million which breaks the previous
monthly record of $4.3 million. See the top prices paid by SAN live bidders.
June 8, 2013 - Let us do your Searches for you! Manage your Saved Searches and opt in for email notification. Just Login, and pick Search to turn your
saved searched into email notifications. You will get matches on your searches via email when the auctions are first posted.
May 23rd, 2013 - Language Translation Introduced. Press the "Translate On" button to translate from English to any of
several dozen languages, or to translate to English. Please send your comments to support@stampauctionnetwork.com.
March 29, 2013 - A record month at StampAuctionNetwork®. 3,931 lots sold to 476 different
live bidders for $3,870,432 for the month of March, 2013!
May 4th, 2012. We added some pagination to the search feature to make it easier to use. No limits on results now.
Dec 14th, 2011. Non US Live bidders take most of Kelleher Delta Collection. 51% of the sale went to Live Bidders,
but the US made up only 10% of that. Most went to Saudia Arabian, Egyptian, and UAE bidders.
October 31, 2011 - A record month at StampAuctionNetwork®. 2,985 lots sold to 620 different
live bidders for $3,851,952 for the month of October, 2011!
June, 2007. $650,000 record for a lot sold on the Internet,
$3.1 Million, record for a day,
$4.3 Million to Live Bidders for the month.
October 16, 2011 - Another busy live bidding week.
1534 lots were sold to live bidders totaling $1.3 million
and 348 different winning bidders participated in
auctions by Siegel, Apfelbaum, and Kelleher.
August 19-20, 2011 - a record 171 different live bidders were sucessful in
the Spink Shreve's Collector's series sale.
June 4-5, 2010 - 137 different Live Bidders took home a record 837 lots totaling $660,000
at the Harmers Sale.
March 12, 2010 - A record 154 Live Bidders took home 515 lots totaling $672,635
at Spink Shreve's Collector's series sale.
Robert A. Siegel sells over 40% of Sale 983 to Live Bidders - February 23, 2010
3,421 unique visits per day as of February, 2010
September 13, 2008 -
A record 130 Live Bidders took home 796 lots totaling $817,000
at Spink Shreve's Collector's series sale.
with over 16,000 Registered Bidders!
October 21-24, 2010 - a record 174 different Live Bidders took home a record 1014 lots totaling $576,215 at the
Daniel Kelleher Sale.
Universal Philatelic Auctions
Wonderful Worldwide Postal Auction with No Buyer's Premium - October 7, 2025
The auction offers 22519 lots to the value of £2,356,646 GBP ($2,999,367 USD) comprising worldwide Collections, Sets, Singles, Covers, Proofs, High Values, Rarities, Topicals, FEO etc ... from the broadest range of regions including high quality classic Great Britain, British Empire, British Africa, British North America, India, Europe, British Asia, Asia with China, US and much more. Highlights once again include remarkable particularly strong in GB with High Values, British Empire plus exceptional Europe and overseas, with very good USA and many other countries too numerous to mention.
classicphil GmbH
Just Stamps and Letters Public Auction - October 7-9, 2025
32nd classicphil Auction
7th to 9th October 2025
Welcome to the 32nd auction of classicphil!
Around 8,500 lots. Focus is British Commonwealth, Mexico, Austria Imperial, Switzerland, Europa, Scouts Thematic and Conflicts WorldWide. Sought-after treasures for the specialized collector – truly rare items and of the highest interest.
We look forward to your participation and wish you every success in bidding!
Your classicphil team
van Dieten Stamp Auctions
Public Auction - October 8-11, 2025
Our 654th auction is forthcoming with an outstanding selection of rare single items and collections from around the world. Highlights include Netherlands 1852 issues with beautiful half-round cancellations documented in the De Haan–Snoeren book, attractive straight-line cancellations, and rare covers.
The sale also features Netherlands and Dutch Colonies material, along with postal history, including many scarce MNH numbers and complete series. Collectors will also find dozens of strong collections of the Netherlands and Dutch Colonies, multiple European countries, worldwide material, and thematic collections.
BEHR Philatelie
Worldwide Internet/Mail Auction - October 9, 2025
Pascal & Louis-Edouard Behr are proud to present you their Mail-Auction # 62. Worldwide Internet/Mail Auction - October 9th, 2025 -
We’re pleased to share with you a short overview of our upcoming sale.
62th Stamp Auction – Back to the Classics: A Fresh Look at Timeless Philately
With this new catalogue, BEHR returns to its roots.
After two dynamic sales, we’ve chosen to refocus on what has always defined our identity: the great philatelic classics.
From iconic 19th-century issues to legendary rarities, this carefully curated selection invites you to rediscover the elegance and depth of historical stamps—with just the right dose of modern surprises.
All these treasures - and many more - await your discovery in our sale.
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co KG
Worldwide Public Auction - October 13-17, 2025
From October 13 to 17, 2025, more than 10,000 lots across seven catalogues will go under the hammer. A true philatelic highlight is a special catalogue featuring the collection of Dr. M. Gaster: ”Austria – Newspaper Tax Stamps. Additional attractions include a Bavaria special section with over 200 lots, rare covers from the German Colonies, Argentine postal stationery, and notable items from the postal history of South America. A strong section of China philately completes the offer. Numismatists and banknote enthusiasts will also be well rewarded. The auction includes rare pattern coins as well as an impressive Chinese gold coin, alongside a wide range of coins, medals, banknotes, orders, decorations, and other collectibles. This auction offers a wide variety of remarkable items from all over the world, including unique pieces, world rarities and post-historically important items of all kinds.
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC
The Daniel Metlay Sale of Quality United States Stamps - October 14, 2025
A stellar offering of over 240 exquisite US singles and line pairs, nearly all with graded certificates, purposefully collected over half a century. Taking the advice, “buy only the best stamps you can afford” to heart, and with a knowledgeable eye for quality and color, Dr. Metlay has built one of the finest collections we’ve had the pleasure to offer. Starting from #7 and running through plate number singles of #C13-C15, with exceptional Bank Notes and Washington-Franklins, this sale presents some of the prettiest classics you could ever hope to find, all sound and looking like they came off the press yesterday, with numerous jumbo-margined and top-graded examples. An absolute pleasure to view, and a singular opportunity to take your collection to the next level.
Sam Houston Philatelics, Inc.
Internet, Mail, and Phone Auction 3128 - October 15, 2025
UNITED STATES, There are (169) U.S. lots offered, with several great Classics and 1869 Pictorials; (15) Columbian lots, including a NH $3.00; late 19th Century issues and Banknotes (about a dozen) ,and several early booklet panes, including 1¢ Green, AEF Booklet Pane of 30 (Scott no. 498f). There are (60) various turn-of-the century issues, Washington/Franklins and 1920's issues; and (46) Modern issues (1930 - current), with about (24) Graded issues including two GEM 100 stamps!
Paradise Valley Stamp Company
"Paradise Live" #S142 US & Worldwide Singles & Collections - October 18, 2025
We are looking forward to another fun sale with exceptional Great Britain, US incl. singles and back-of-the-book, Japan souvenir sheets incl. two Scott no. C8 NH, Great Britain with rare George V era varieties such as the 1935 2½p Prussian Blue Silver Jubilee used on cover (cat. $15,000 as used), a great group of Sea Horse high values, specialized collections from Edward VII and George V periods, a neat group of mint official issues, all with certs, Canada and Provinces including many better singles, Hong Kong mint sets and numerous better singles and sets from British Commonwealth and Worldwide.
The Latest PDF Example Censuses. Available with any Extended Features plan at or over $49.95 / year. (Signup Here).
Most of the censuses have the top 50 examples in each format NH **, OG *, NG (*), Used, Multiples, Pairs and on Cover, except where noted.
1851 1c Blue Type IV US 9
1860 30c Orange and 90c Blue. US 38 and 39
1861 24c Violet, Thin Paper. US 70c
1870-1871 1c - 90c "I. Grills". US 134a-144a
1893 Columbians used plus the 4c error of color. US 230-245 used
Key US Revenues. R17c, R99c, R102c, R129
1934 Federal Hunting Permit. US RW1 with used on 3333 forms.
Sampler #1 from requests. US 10a, 24 on cover, 292-E6, Canal Zone 157a, Canada CL20-21, Zululand 29
Sampler #2 from requests. Bahamas 4, New Brunswick 5, US 296a, CSA 12X2, and Hawaii 7
More details and info on how to request a census (here)
NFT Corner.
"Primer on NFTs and Blockchain for Philatelists" (here...).
The Day of the Dead Revisited - The USPS NFTs and VeVe (here...).
Crypto Stamps and NFTs? From "Exploring Stamps" channel (here...).
