Heritage Auction Galleries has re-entered the Stamps Auction Market with its
first auction scheduled for Feb. 5-7, 2009 in Dallas, Texas.
A few highlights are Mint, original gum examples of the 1847 Franklin 5-cent (Scott #1a) and
$3 Columbian Exposition (Scott #243), a rare "Inverted Jenny, (#C3a), a pair of 1840 Great
Britain 2p Blue (S.G. #5/Scott #2) and the largest known multiple of the un-issued,
non-denominated H "Yellow Hat" variety.
The auction will also offer Classic U.S., 1869 Pictorial Issues, Bank Notes, Columbians,
Trans-Mississippi's, Pan-American inverts, Washington-Franklins, Post 1920, Airmail,
Special Delivery, Duck Stamps, (including Rare Plate Proofs), Postage Dues, Shanghai
overprints, Officials, Newspapers, Proofs and Essays, Postal history, British, Canadian,
Rare Foreign, PSE 'Top of the Pop', and Modern errors.
#C3a Inverted Jenny opens at $200,000
Posted 01/19/2009 10:24 pm
