A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Announcements
We received the shipment of printed catalogues for our June 26-28th auction this afternoon and promptly delivered them to Canada Post. Canadian customers should receive theirs by the end of this week, USA early next week, and international by the end of next week.
Please contact us if you do not receive your catalogue in time to bid in the sale.
Sparks Auctions is pleased to announce our Public Auction #10, to be held Tuesday-Thursday June 26-28th, 2012 at our auction premises at 62 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Canada.
The catalogue is still in production and the sale has just been posted to the internet. We can offer a small preview of the more interesting material to be found in the sale.
Our Canada section will be strong in Small & Large Queens, and also has some exceptional early Queen Elizabeth II definitives. From a single estate there are some large multiples of the War Tax overprints in the Five Cent to Fifty Cent values.
Commonwealth features some GB Penny Blacks, while Worldwide contains strong Germany and a rare USA classic block. And the Kershaw Collection of Tibet & Nepal will amaze even jaded viewers.
The Postal History section highlights many collector-developed sidelines and very strong Semi-Official Airmails.
The Stamp Auction Network listing can be seen at: http://stampauctionnetwork.com//IK/ik10.cfm
Our supporting material of image gallery, featured items, corrections, and bidding assistance will be available here on our site beginning the week of June 4th.
Watch for another announcement when the catalogues are ready for mailing.
-Sparks Auctions
Ottawa, Canada
We can continue to accept consignments until the end of April 2012 for our Auction #10, expected to take place in June. If you have material that is not too bulky, we would be glad to include it. E-mail us to make arrangements.
We have already received some marvellous France material including tete-beche pairs, and good quality USA. Our offering of rare, well-documented Nepal and Tibet will be sure to attract attention internationally. We welcome your offering as well.
All three days of auction sessions went smoothly and we would like to thank more than 300 bidders from all over the world for their participation.
We are busy organizing an incredible volume of material, and ask for your patience as we contact all successful bidders with their invoices, and send consignor realizations. We will begin shipping material for which we have received payment within the next week. Local pickup of auction winnings will take place beginning Saturday, March 3rd.
Prices Realized are posted on Stamp Auction Network. Auction watchers will find our featured items (better and interesting realizations) next week in this space.
Thank you again for your bids!
There is still time to place your bids. The sale commences today with Canada & B.N.A, and continues on Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd. Bids can be placed via e-mail, telephone, fax and in person. For internet and live bidding, go to Stamp Auction Network. Opening (starting) bids can be seen there as well.
There are different times than usual for some of the sessions. Today we will start at 1:00pm EST, but the sections on Wednesday and Thursday will begin at 10:00am EST to give us time to get through the great number of lots included. Detailed information on the sessions, as well as corrections and addenda, featured stamps, and complete bidding information is all here on our website. Contact us if you have any questions that aren’t answered here.
We look forward to your participation!