Smithsonian Postal Museum Auction – Sep 30
Published August 22nd, 2006
The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum is planning its second auction of excess revenue stamps, on Sept. 30 at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York.
The museum said more than 5 million of the stamps will be offered, including 3 million wine stamps issued between 1942 and 1954.
In the first auction, in 2005, some 35,000 revenue stamps were sold raising more than $3 million for the museum, considerably more than had been expected.
“When the Smithsonian acquired these revenue stamps, it was with the intention that they would be made available to the public and that the proceeds of any sale would be used for the benefit of the national philatelic collection,” said museum registrar Ted Wilson.
The auction will be conducted by Matthew Bennett International.
