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...
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...
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...