Americana Stamps

Now Accepting Consignments! Stamps, Postal History, and more!

Dec 5, 2025 | NEWS

What if your collection or exhibit became the highlight of a catalog that collectors around the world cannot wait to open? At Americana Stamps, we work directly with every consignor, offering a one-on-one partnership that ensures your material is presented exactly as...

America’s First Adhesive Stamp Awarded Highest Grade

Jul 7, 2025 | Articles, Summer 2025 Auction

A Superb Gem 100: America’s First Stamp We’re excited to announce that Lot 16087 in our Summer 2025 Auction has just been graded Superb Gem 100 Jumbo by the Philatelic Foundation (PF #606265). This unused left corner margin horizontal pair of (Greig’s) City...

A Local Mystery No More: The Only Known Unused Cutting’s Despatch Post Adhesive, Now Authenticated, to Surface in Auction

Jun 13, 2025 | Articles, Summer 2025 Auction

Cutting’s Despatch Post, 56L1, 2c Black on Vermilion, Unused Buffalo’s First Local Post Thomas S. Cutting, born in 1810 in Sussex County, England, was a prominent Buffalo businessman by the 1840s. His “Intelligence Office and General Agency,” advertised as early...

From Rebel Post to U.S. Postmaster: The Mumford Family Legacy

Jun 13, 2025 | Articles, Summer 2025 Auction

Newport, Rhode Island, Large Olive Green Datestamp with Fancy “FREE” in Old English Letters, on 1824 Folded Cover, Endorsed “Benj B Mumford Postmaster” This 1824 folded cover, offered as Lot 13007 in our Summer 2025 Auction, connects us to a...

Summer 2025 Auction Coming Soon: A First Look at Our Auction Highlights!

Jun 5, 2025 | Auctions, Featured, Summer 2025 Auction

We are excited to announce that the online catalog for our Summer 2025 Auction is coming very soon! This sale features over 950 incredible lots, including U.S. Stampless, US Stamps and Postal History, Carriers, Locals, Independent Mail, Western & Eastern Express...