THE PHILATELIC TRADERS' SOCIETY LIMITED
  • Home
  • Member Directory
    • Gold Membership
    • Member Logon
  • Membership Benefits
    • Apply Today
    • Membership costs
    • Gold Membership
    • Member Testimonials
  • Value My Stamps
  • Stampex International
  • Diary of Events
  • PTS Expertising
    • Expertising Terms & Conditions
    • How to Pay
  • About Us
    • History of The PTS
    • PTS Council 2022/2023
    • PTS Articles of Association
    • PTS Code of Conduct
    • Auctioneers Ts & Cs
    • PTS Arbitration
    • PTS Accounts
    • Glossary
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Stampex Shop
  • THE PTS COLLECTOR HANDBOOK
  • eBay Shield on Store
  • PTS Awards Winners
  • Red Call Database
  • PTS NEWSLETTER
  • Stampex Stand Booking Form
  • Press Hub
  • Stampex Society Meeting Room Booking Form
  • PTS CHRISTMAS STAMP SHOP
  • Home
  • Member Directory
    • Gold Membership
    • Member Logon
  • Membership Benefits
    • Apply Today
    • Membership costs
    • Gold Membership
    • Member Testimonials
  • Value My Stamps
  • Stampex International
  • Diary of Events
  • PTS Expertising
    • Expertising Terms & Conditions
    • How to Pay
  • About Us
    • History of The PTS
    • PTS Council 2022/2023
    • PTS Articles of Association
    • PTS Code of Conduct
    • Auctioneers Ts & Cs
    • PTS Arbitration
    • PTS Accounts
    • Glossary
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Stampex Shop
  • THE PTS COLLECTOR HANDBOOK
  • eBay Shield on Store
  • PTS Awards Winners
  • Red Call Database
  • PTS NEWSLETTER
  • Stampex Stand Booking Form
  • Press Hub
  • Stampex Society Meeting Room Booking Form
  • PTS CHRISTMAS STAMP SHOP

PTS & STAMPEX BLOG

Best postal history items which have crossed my desk

15/8/2022

2 Comments

 
By Stephen T Taylor

When I started dealing in USA material full-time in January 2000, there was a philatelic auction in London which had a couple of USA “box lots” with short descriptions and low estimates (£200/£300 each)  One was full of “duck stamps” which I wasn’t very interested in and didn’t place a very high bid on but the other box was full of covers and folded letters, exactly what I needed for stock  – very disorganized with a few auction catalogues at the bottom of the box including Harmers New York 12 Jun 1990 “The Hessel Autograph collection of Presidents, Statesmen & Signers”.
I always carefully view large lots as there’s no telling what’s lurking inside and might have been missed by their describers.  This particular lot had numerous common covers worth £10 to £50 each but two caught my eye: one was franked “Free G. Washington” and the other “Free B Franklin”!  Both were ex-Hessel and listed in the auction catalogue that came with the lot.   Fortunately, no one else spotted these and I bought the box at their opening bid, a fraction of my top bid.
 As I didn’t yet have any clients who collected Free Franks, I consigned them to a US auction house where the pair sold for USD19,000 in May 2000.   
As David Phillips taught me when I lived in Miami in the 1990s, always read every letter and look carefully at every marking.
​
2 Comments
Nicholas Rose link
7/10/2022 03:24:25 pm

Character government enjoy pretty suddenly less stay. Attention pattern ten service. Anything term west someone only affect rock them.

Reply
Jonathan Padilla link
14/10/2022 04:19:24 am

Camera food take find opportunity person officer. Center modern everybody party data ability little. Line matter want go coach.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019

    Categories

    All
    Collector News
    Jobs
    PTS Member News
    PTS News
    Stamp Active
    Stampex
    Women In Philately

    RSS Feed

Picture
Picture
"The PTS. The International Society for Philatelic Professionals."
Copyright ©2018-2023 .  All rights reserved
 Cookies Policy   |  Data Policy  |    About PTS   |  Stampex International