Jun 7, 2026 | Articles, Auctions, Featured, Featured Stories, NEWS
Ten new lots have just been added to The Philatelic Icons Sale: a newly cataloged group of 18th-century American historical documents, each signed by a figure who helped build the young republic. The new additions carry the signatures of Declaration of Independence...
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...
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...
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...
May 21, 2025 | Articles, Summer 2025 Auction
As our Summer 2025 auction approaches, we are excited to highlight two postal history covers that offer a direct connection to the story of the Pony Express. One is a newly discovered manuscript free frank from R. B. Bradford, addressed to William B. Waddell, co-owner...
May 4, 2025 | Articles, Summer 2025 Auction
Pillsbury “Chips” Hodgkins (1825–1892), a carpenter-turned-courier, left a lasting legacy as a pioneer expressman who helped build the West. Born and raised in Maine, Hodgkins ventured to California in September 1849, joining the wave of ’49ers seeking fortune...