Stamps

For over 55 years, Rapp Auction House has been one of the largest and most successful auction houses in the field of philately. With extensive expertise in stamps and postal history, as well as a global network, Peter Rapp and his experienced team have established themselves as knowledgeable partners when it comes to auctioning individual rarities, entire collections, or extensive stamp estates. We maintain contacts with collectors, dealers, investors, and museums around the world and have had the privilege of auctioning dozens of award-winning exhibition collections over the past decades, which were meticulously assembled with great expertise and significant financial investment.

Are you looking to sell stamps?

We will evaluate your individual pieces, collections, or large estates and provide you with a proposal for the best possible auction sale. Use our consignment forms for an initial assessment of your items or simply message us via WhatsApp.

Expert knowledge About Stamps

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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Expert knowledge About Stamps

World Record for Basel Dove on Cover

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST STAMP AUCTIONS

Consignment Form

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