Stamp Auctions

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Continuing 20 years tradition of their Unique Reducing Estimate Auctions PLUS No Buyer’s Premium Universal Philatelic Auctions (UPA) presents one of their most valuable ever mail-bid sales closing at 5pm (UK Time) Tuesday 14th April 2020. In keeping with previous auctions ALL lots estimated at £1,000+ GBP will be offered LIVE online at the-saleroom.com 5pm (UK time) Wednesday 15th April 2020. Live bidders for £1,000+ GBP estimate lots now benefit by no charge for bidding live online. 

The auction offers 20,139 lots to the value of £1,884,923 GBP 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. 

There are No Buyer’s Premiums plus all lots are covered by their 28 day Total Guarantee. UPA prides itself on offering unique material that Collectors may not be able to source elsewhere and all with their unique reducing estimate system. With No Buyer’s Premium 2,000+ regular bidders stay with UPA saving up to 27% OFF – which is why UPA can offer new winning bidders an amazing Introductory Offer - £55 GBP OFF your first invoice if you spend £75 GBP.

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Bidding stops at 5pm (UK time) Tuesday 14th April 2020

Please Note : Bids below 80% of the estimate will be respectfully declined. Bidders wishing to purchase such lots for less may have the opportunity to do so in subsequent auction(s).

LIVE auction of 179 of the most valuable lots from estimate £1,000 GBP upwards – Wednesday 15h April 2020, 5pm (UK time) via www.the-saleroom.com. Bidders wishing to participate in the LIVE auction must register with www.the-saleroom.com by 2pm (UK time) Wednesday 15h April 2020.

Karl Pfankuch & Co. 222nd auction will start on April 2, 2020. We would be happy to invite you to take a look at our online catalog - there is sure to be something for you.

 Worldwide online live bidding, Day 1:             April 2nd 2020, Start 09:30 CEST Lot 1 - 1696

Worldwide online live bidding, Day 2:             April 3rd 2020, Start 09:30 CEST Lot 1697 - 3023

We present a wide range of 3,023 lots from numerous fields of philately, numismatics and postal history.
As always, the focus is on old Germany with around 500 lots, including substantial sections of Braunschweig postal history, place and number stamps.

The German Reich is also strongly represented with areas, colonies and post offices abroad (over 530 lots), with items of post-historical interest and examiated specialties.

The section Germany after 1945 shines e.g. with rarely offered SBZ issues as well as many special features such as checked colors, varieties, HAN etc.

We present you the seperation of a substantial collection "Number 1 - issues from Europe and overseas".

In this auction we can offer you an extraordinarily strong range of coins, medals, medals and banknotes with around 480 lots. Among other things Old Germany well represented, numerous gold and silver coins from the German Empire to overseas, a find collection of medieval hollow pennies, interesting pieces from Asia as well as many coin and medal collections from private customers.
Over 400 mostly untouched stamp collections, lots and estates complete the offer of our 222nd auction. Valuable collections of the German Empire and the Second World War occupations, a beautiful exhibition collection in Latvia, an extraordinarily extensive special collection in Liechtenstein, the dissolution of a large dealership, etc

shipping conditions as follows: Shipments within Germany: 6 € per registered letter or 6 € per parcel (up to 31.5 kg). International shipment: 9 € per registered letter. For international parcels we only charge the actual costs (DHL).

Please note: For insurance reasons, we only ship by registered mail or DHL parcel. All registered mail and parcel shipments are fully insured for you free of charge by our shipping insurance! Several won items will of course be combined.

Status International - Sale 358 - March 26th, 2020. 

Status International Auctions & Covid-19

To all our wonderful and supportive customers, we wish you continued good health.
At this time we are continuing to trade in as normal a manner as possible.

Public Auction 358 Thursday March 26 will still be conducted as usual .     Don’t Miss Out, BID NOW.

Overseas bidders especially those in the USA, UK and Europe, the Australian Dollar has crashed.

US$1 = A$1.73, STG£ = A$2.01,   € = A$1.78

There are bargain galore to be had when you convert our reserves into your currency

Auction 358 has 3,735 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 $30 to $80,000 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. There are almost 300 lots of Australian Collections (Lots 70-305) and almost 400 lots of World collections (Lots 306-698).

Following on there are almost 1300 lots of Australia which consist of singles, sets and covers including Australian colonies (Lots 745 - 2033). The Australian lots cover all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values. This auction includes a C of A Watermark £2 Black & rose Ash imprint pr inc variety 'open mouthed kangaroo' at right. Superb fresh stamps both MUH, pristine never hinged original gum, MLH in gutter only, bright colours. SG138(var) cat £8500 as M singles, should be at least double, £17,000 MUH singles plus premium for imprint multiple. ACSC 58za cat $25,000, cat $30,000 MUH normal singles & should be at least +50% premium for imprint & variety = $45,000+. Major rarity so nice.(Lot 1163). 

There are 1,700 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections (Lots 2034-3735). Numerous other British Empire, European, The Americas and Asian rarities