Selling stamps – Your trusted partner for auctions and valuations

For over 55 years, Rapp Auction House has been one of the leading names in philately auctions worldwide. If you are looking to sell your stamps or have your collection valued, our team offers experience, expertise, and a personal approach.

How can I sell my stamps?

Our specialists have in-depth knowledge of philately and postal history, combined with an international network of collectors, dealers, investors, and museums. This enables us to strategically position individual stamps, rare collections, or entire estates to secure strong market prices. Over the past decades, we have been entrusted with many significant exhibition collections, assembled with dedication and expertise.

Free valuation and individual sales consultation

If you are considering selling your stamps or an entire collection, we provide a free valuation and personal sales consultation. Together, we develop a sales strategy tailored to your goals to achieve the best possible results at our auctions.

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Your benefits with Rapp

Over 55 years of experience in philately
Extensive market knowledge and auction expertise
International network of collectors and investors
Personal, discreet advice
Tailor-made sales strategies for each collection

Get your stamps valued and sell successfully

For an initial valuation, please use our consignment form or contact us by phone, email, or WhatsApp. We will be happy to advise you and answer your questi

Expert knowledge About Stamps

Classic Switzerland

World Record for Basel Dove on Cover

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST STAMP AUCTIONS

«Basler Taube» on letter from 1847

Selling price CHF 35'000.–

China 1897

Selling price CHF 82'960.–

«Flugpost» Liestal

Selling price CHF 52'500.–

Rayon I with «Kreuzeinfassung»

Selling price CHF 348'000.–

Old Germany, Oldenburg

Selling price CHF 20'000.–

«Basler Taube» on letter

Selling price CHF 103'700.–

Double Geneva

Selling price CHF 50'000.–

«Flugpost» Olten

Selling price CHF 65'000.–

Zurich «4 Rappen»

Selling price CHF 283'000.–

Winterthur cover

Selling price CHF 31’250.-

Geneva cut-out on cover

Selling price CHF 17'500.-

Geneva cutout and Rayon II

Selling price CHF 30’000.-

Consignment Form

Tell us more about your stamps
Please answer the following questions as best you can.
By doing so, you will help us to tailor our advice entirely to your needs.
Thank you very much for your support!

Do you have a table of contents, an inventory or something similar?
If yes, please enclose copies directly to this form.

Yes, copies are attached No

Which countries or which topics have been collected?
e.g. Switzerland, Austria, Germany, UNO, themes like football, flowers, birds etc.

Are the stamps cancelled or mint (without any cancellation)?

mostly cancelled mostly mint I don’t know

Does the emphasis of the collection lie on the years before or after 1960?
If you own Swiss mint stamps after 1960, they are still valid to use for franking.
It is very helpful if you can state the postage value (without surcharge).

If the emphasis of the collection lies before 1960: Which time period has been collected? Are the age-groups complete?
e.g. complete from 1920 to 1950, with gaps from 1950 to 2000 etc.

How many volumes does the collection comprehend?
How many albums, cartons, boxes etc.

Are the stamps ranged in a stockbook or in a preprinted album (with images of the stamps that are supposed to be collected)? If it is an album with preprinted pages: Are all spaces filled in? If there are gaps, are they rather at the beginning or at the end of the album?

Does the collection also contain covers or postcards?
If yes: How many, from which year and which motifs do the postcards show?

Does the collection contain top value stamps?
e.g. Switzerland: Basel Dove, Zurich 4 and 6 / Canada: Dollar values before 1930 / USA: Classic USA No 1 etc.

Are some of the stamps certified?
If yes, please enclose copies directly to this form.

Yes, copies are attached No

Where or how were the stamps obtained?
e.g. Trade, auction sales, exchanges, subscription to the post office, inheritance etc.

How much was invested (approximately) in the collection?
Are there still any invoices?
If yes, please enclose copies directly to this form.

Do you know the catalogue and / or estimated commercial value of the collection?
If yes, please state it in CHF / EUR / USD or GBP.

How would you rate the value of the collection yourself?

Inserts, copies etc.

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For security reasons, we kindly ask you not to send us any external data carriers such as USB sticks or CDs, as we are unable to open them on our devices. For larger files, we recommend using WeTransfer or SwissTransfer .