Rare Chinese Stamps Found In Attic

Huge find of rare chinese stamps discovered in attic of england home could sell for 500k.

Rare chinese stamps found in attic. And chinese stamps are among some of the most famous valuable and sought after items in the world. This is in fact the most outstanding find in the history of chinese philately. Fifty or 60 years ago if you wanted to buy early chinese stamps. An extraordinary find of 35 extremely rare 19th century chinese stamps in the united kingdom is about to shock the worldwide stamp collecting hobby.

Rare stamps hidden away in attic for more than 100 years set to fetch 250 000 at auction gauk auctions national auction search engine. Collection of rare chinese stamps found hidden away in attic in cotswolds the 35 stamps were bought in shanghai in 1882 by. These chinese stamps were spotted in an old insignificant notebook and sold for a giant sum at auction the stamp sold for 40 000 at auction. Discovered by chance in the attic of a french family home this magnificent vase was brought into sotheby s paris by its unsuspecting owners in a shoe box.

They have made chinese stamps a lot more valuable. The stamps which had lain undisturbed for approximately 125 years were discovered in the attic of a house in the english cotswolds. Danbury connecticut prweb february 17 2015. Old stamp collections gathering dust in the attic may be worth fortunes.

They are known as the china 1882 5 candarin orange yellow imperial dragon stamp. An extraordinarily rare chinese vase that was found in an attic in france is going under the hammer next month at sotheby s paris where it is expected to fetch between 600 000 850 000. For stamp lovers rare postage stamps are always their target as their value increase each year. A decade later he spotted it again.