Heritage is now accepting Quality Stamp Consignments to our upcoming January 29-30, 2009 Dallas, Texas, Signature Stamp Auction.

If you are considering selling better quality United States or Foreign Single stamps, sets or your entire collection, consigning to a Heritage auction is a smart move. Heritage will present your collection to a worldwide audience of discriminating stamp collectors, plus an additional 500,000 collectors, all ready to buy.

Need a cash advance? We're ready to write you a check today!

We welcome the opportunity to discuss your Rare Stamps with you, so please contact us today.

E-mail Steven Crippe or call 1-800-872-6467 x1777

By answering all of these questions fully, you can help Heritage provide more record-breaking events in future years. And remember, one lucky respondent who fully answers the survey will be chosen to win a $100 credit in any Stamp signature auction.

Drawings will be held on June 30 and December 31.

Thank you and good luck!

*Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use winner's name and photograph in advertisements, website promotions, and for other promotional purposes, unless prohibited by law.

Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Steve started collecting stamps at a young age. He developed an early affinity for stamps with production mistakes after his own purchase of a miscut booklet at a Post Office window in the 1960's. His interest in the fascinating sub-specialty of Errors remains strong to this day, and he is recognized as one of the leading experts in this fascinating field.

After 25 years of Circulation Management experience at The Seattle Times, Steve retired from the newspaper business in 1999 to launch a full-time, rare stamp business, initially selling stamps to collectors through sales booths at major stamp shows across the USA. Quickly recognizing the power of the Internet, he soon developed a custom-software website dedicated to the sale of rare stamps, migrating virtually all his business to the online venue by 2004.

Steve was the first national-level stamp dealer to embrace third-party grading, introduced to the stamp market in late 2002 by Professional Stamp Experts (PSE). His leadership in this "new stamp market" was noticed, and followed by other dealers, and then ultimately, by stamp auction firms, who also began offering graded stamps to their clients.

He is a current member of the American Stamp Dealers Association, American Philatelic Society, United States Stamp Society, Error, Freaks and Oddities Collectors Club and the Florida Stamp Dealers Association.

"Philately is an area we're anxious to get back into," said Steve Ivy, Co-Chairman and CEO of Heritage, "and we're confident that Steve's drive, ambition, experience, and standing in the stamp collecting community will help us attain a leadership position in this exciting area very quickly."

GradedStamps.com will move its operations to Dallas, where it will continue under Steve's direction.

Heritage Auction Galleries, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer, formally re-entered the philatelic market after 14 years with the $825,000 sale of an "Inverted Jenny" stamp. The 24-cent denomination, U.S. red, white and blue misprint (Scott # C3a) depicting an upside-down Curtis 4-N ("Jenny") biplane was position number 84 on the original sheet of 100.

The mint condition stamp is one of the finest known and one of no more than a half dozen never-hinged specimens. It is certified by Professional Stamp Experts as PSE 75 NH.

"We have tens of thousands of rare coin clients who are ready to buy stamps now that they know we're in the market. This stamp was purchased for one of them," said Greg Rohan, Heritage's President.

"We acquired it from Sonny Hagendorf of Scarsdale, New York for $750,000 and sold it for $825,000 to a senior Wall Street executive who is a long-time coin collector. This is the first rare stamp he's ever purchased. He told me it's a great value and he's thrilled. I was the under-bidder on his behalf at the Siegel's auction in November when the 'Inverted Jenny' position number 57 was offered," explained Rohan.

The eventual winning bidder for number 57 was collector Charles Hack who purchased it for $850,000 plus the buyer's premium.

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Heritage Auction Galleries, the leading auctioneer of rare collectibles in the world, is expanding into Stamps!

Whether you are a buyer, a seller, or both, let our proven leadership in collectibles, our unparalleled Internet presence, and our established network of over 375,000 bidder-members work for you.

Heritage's first stamp auctions are set to begin in 2008. In the coming years, we intend to establish ourselves as the world's top stamp auction house.

For more information, contact us.