Stamp Auctions

UPA75 - Sale Description

It’s so easy to test UPA - if you are a New Bidder you may qualify for UPA's Introductory Offer - £55 GBP OFF your first invoice if you spend £75 GBP or more**

Unsold lots at reserve prices (80% of estimate)

Continuing 19 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 8th October 2019. In keeping with previous auctions ALL lots estimated at £1,000+ GBP ($1,364+ USD) will be offered LIVE online at the-saleroom.com 5pm (UK time) Wednesday 9th October 2019. Live bidders for £1,000+ GBP estimate lots now benefit by no charge for bidding live online. 

The auction offers 20,827 lots to the value of £1,876,502 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... 

You may remember in auction UPA74 that we offered 255 lots that comprised a lifetimes' exhibition quality collection formed by a discerning British Collector. Over 70% of those lots sold in auction UPA74, but 75 of those lots are still available. Offering collectors a truly amazing opportunity to purchase rare and often unique archive and proof material, of which much has not been on the market for over 25 years since the dispersal of the printers archive auctions. Carefully broken into suitable lots, hopefully catering for all budgets. There is still a good array of material represented here from some of the stages of stamp production. We encourage you to revisit this material as almost always, some tempting morsels are, surprisingly, overlooked. We hope you enjoy browsing/bidding upon the lots from this important collection, it shall surely be many years before a collection of this calibre is seen again

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.

 (** Offer subject to status, restricted to one offer per household)

Bidding stops at 5pm (UK time) Tuesday 8th October 2019

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 186 of the most valuable lots from estimate £1,000 GBP upwards – Wednesday 9th October 2019, 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 9th October 2019.

A new general sale with material of Argentina and many other countries, including rarities, proofs, errors and varieties, classic and tematic covers, first flights, and lots and collections, all at very attractive starts. Plenty of interesting lots to be found!

1840 – 1900: 60 years of international philately / postal history and communication; a journey through the world documented by interesting stamps and postal items / documents. The much-noticed „VICTORIA – COLLECTION“ with about 170 different countries / postal areas from the estate of a renowned entrepreneur (medical industry), enables a unique offer of first class pieces and rarities of different Countries representing the five continents. Rarities of the classic period from Europe like Austrian Newspaper Stamps (Mercury), Moldavian Coat of Arms, Cantonals of Switzerland, Italian States are present, and also a range of notable items from British Guyana, Bermuda, Southafrica, Latinamerica and Asia. Much of the scarce unique specimens, where outside of the philatelic market for decades, including pieces which had never been offered to the public. Some scarce highlights are unknown in philatelic recordings and specialised literature. As a new auction-house, we are proud to present this exceptional offer and we hope to meet with a positive response. The auction will be held 27th October 2019, written bids and active online-bidding are desired.

Status International - Sale 354 - October 24th, 2019. 

Auction 354 has 3,829 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 $150,000 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 nearly 300 lots of Australian Collections (Lots 52 - 269) and almost 600 lots of World collections (Lots 270-861).

Following on there is over 1600 lots of Australia which consist of singles, sets and covers including Australian colonies (Lots 922 - 2211). 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 includes a Small Multi Watermark £1 Red-brown & blue. VF fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum & beautiful colours. SG 15 cat £3000 for M, should be at least 200% premium MUH for 1st wmk, so £9000. ACSC 51 cat $17,500. Very rare genuine MUH.(Lot 956). There are almost 1600 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections (Lots 2212 - 3826) with the British Empire well represented. In the asian section of China - Republic a 1925 Surcharge issue '3 Cts.' in red on Junk 4c slate-grey 2nd Peking printing, error opt INVERTED. Superb fresh MLH, nice original gum & excellent centring. Sc 274a cat US$300,000. SG 370a, Chan 281a. CSS 327b cat US$250,000. One of the greatest rarities of 20th Century Chinese philately, certainly the top of the 'Four Treasures of the Republic'. Only ten examples of this error were originally reported discovered in 1925, seven mint & three used. Amazing opportunity to purchase this pristine quality rarity.

Reserve & estimate are conservative. 2010 Philatelic Foundation (New York) photo cert (Lot 2511). Numerous other European and Asian rarities as well.