PHILATELY

STAMP AUCTIONS

A collector's item if ever there was one, stamps are always sought after and bought by demanding collectors.

Our specialist sales department is managed by Ludivine Pladepousaux, accompanied by our expert Daniel Berrous.

Our auctions cover French and international postal history, as well as collectible postcards, all of which are valued and appraised.

The Philately Department

Philately is a field that touches everyone. We have all come across a collector or collected stamps ourselves as children. Stamps are particularly difficult to value because of their sheer number and the nuances that exist.

On a stamp, our expert examines the cancellation, the indentation and the variety. He or she also looks for any printing errors that might raise the stamp's value. Stamps are also examined, and first-day stamps are particularly popular.

Among philatelic treasures, the most famous stamps are the Penny Blanck, issued in 1840 and the very first stamp issued, the Treskilling Yellow, a stamp with a colour printing error from 1855, the Inverted Jenny on which the plane was inverted by mistake, and the Blue Mauritius, a Mauritius stamp from 1847.

These stamps are treasures that can sell for several thousand euros, but often only the eye of an expert can recognise them in the midst of a collection.

Philatelic treasures also include mounted balloons, stamps of the Cultural Revolution, mail archives, the vermilion franc, Kouang Tcheou and Free France, whether in albums or not.

Our expert Daniel Berrous is available to appraise your stamps and postcards.

Philately department sales calendar

Whatever your budget, our auctions offer a wide selection of stamps and postcards, carefully sectioned and authenticated. From tens to several hundred euros, the choice is vast among the items offered at auction.

The department organises two or three catalogued and online auctions each year. They are the place to be for all postcard lovers and stamp collectors. In fact, as a token of the confidence of the market and our customers, 99% of lots are sold.

These sales take place in the VV room, in the presence of an auctioneer responsible for raising the bidding price.

Don't hesitate to call on our specialists for an expert appraisal if, by any chance, while opening a cupboard you come across a few dusty treasures that could be given a new lease of life by auction.

Our Philately auction results

Philatelic auctions boast some excellent sales results:

• After an estimate of €60,000 to €80,000, a still life daguerreotype by Alphonse-Eugène Hubert sold for €420,000;

• Félix Nadar and Adrien Tournachon's Pierrot à la corbeille de fruits (Pierrot with a basket of fruit), a print on gelatine paper, tanned and hidden, sold for €120,000,

• A multiple accumulation of shares in the Government of the Republic of China, Railway, Lung-Tsing-U-Haï, sold for €100,000 at auction.

• From Greater Lebanon, the Levant and Syria, a very fine set of imperforated stamps, virtually all in complete sheets, from the 1941-1943 period, sold for €32,000.

• Bade, a very fine collection presented in 1 volume, stamps and letters with a study sold for a hammer price of 27,000 euros.

Services

Are you looking for a particular stamp to add to your collection? Our alert service lets you know when the lot of your dreams has been found by our expert.

Have you just discovered a stamp album and would like to know its value? Daniel Berrous offers you a free and confidential valuation of your stamps, albums and other items. If you wish to put it up for sale, Ludivine Pladepousaux will assist you throughout the process.