Continue reading »]]> 1936 Airmails complete set celebrating the 100th mail flight across the South Atlantic.  These stamps are fresh mint never hinged with immaculate gum Very Fine.  These catalogue at $307.50 in hinged making this a tough set.  To aim for this set in never hinged one would have to be a serious collector indeed.  Our Price: $625.00

Continue reading »]]> At about the mid-month mark we are truly trundling along with plenty of new and interesting additions to our inventory to report.  Leading the way are British Empire items including Australian States, most notably Victoria as well as Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory and India.  Worldwide stamps worthy of mention include stamps from France and Colonies, Germany including Danzig, Italy and Colonies and Vietnam.  Canada has been busy with VFNH items as well as coils new to inventory.  Newfoundland is also worth a browse with new items to inventory including rouletted issues.

Continue reading »]]> Our customers should know that we are having problems processing payments with PayPal.

A week ago we sold a pre-Castro Cuba item on eBay. This prompted an official query from PayPal which is very aggressively helping the USA “Office of Foreign Asset Control” which tries to ensure that no funds go to terrorist and anti-American organizations.

Earlier this week we spent hours delisting EVERY item from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria & Sudan. Now we learn that our PayPal account has nevertheless been suspended because “You may be buying or selling goods or services that are regulated or prohibited by the US government.” We have found it necessary to remove our listings on other external sites as well, since we accept Paypal payments from them.

We have spoken with PayPal and this suspension should be lifted soon.

One problem is that while eBay’s robots are sophisticated enough to distinguish, for example, pre-Castro and post-Castro, PayPal comes under greater scrutiny from the US government as it represents the transaction point where goods are actually acquired and money exchanged.

Plainly, the intent of the embargo legislation is to restrict trade with current regimes in order to apply economic pressure. Including stamps issued historically from countries that have a long colonial history, or were once friendly trading partners, seems overzealous. American customers might want to contact their congressperson or senator to point out the lack of logic in this legislation. We are nevertheless attuned to the reality of political decisions so have complied with all rulings and appealed to common sense with Paypal and eBay.

In the meantime, we are still able to sell all of our inventory from these countries here on our site. You can find our stock from Burma, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria by clicking on them. We accept cash, cheque (US$ or CD$), Visa or Mastercard.

Happy Stamping!

-Ian Kimmerly Stamps

Continue reading »]]> First issue of 1852 featuring Seated Britannia in a non-denominated 1/2d. block of six.  Fresh mint with three stamps hinged, three stamps never hinged and deep colour, Very Fine.  The gum has hinge remnants on the upper three stamps and some unevenness associated with the gum’s having been hand applied, there is also a backstamp.  An image of the back of this item is available by viewing the listing on our website.   A pleasing multiple with large margins all round, especially when one takes into account the vintage.  The catalogue value shown is for six hinged singles, larger multiples like this are scarce.  Dr. Fitz-Roett has written a seminal work on the stamps of Barbados which includes information on the relative rarity of postmarks and early multiples such as this.  Let us know and we can order it for you.  The price for the Barbados #1 block: $950.00

Continue reading »]]> We acquired a seemingly fairly typical collection of early Canada at auction recently.  In going through the collection, we stumbled upon that which upon first glance appeared to be an imperforate single of the 1¢ Small Queen.  Our initial thought was that, based on the generous margins, this stamp was almost certainly an imperf. single as opposed to a jumbo perforate example, trimmed to appear imperforate.  Upon closer inspection it was revealed to be a Proof, based on the type of paper.  The paper used to make Proofs for the Small Queens was different from the paper used to make the completed stamps.  Therefore we can say positively that this is a Proof.  This shows that sometimes the so called ‘dregs’ of a collection may actually be the gems.  Small Queen Proofs were printed in gummed and ungummed versions.  This example is unused no gum, as issued, Very Fine.  Unitrade catalogue value is $600.00.  Our Price $500.00.

Continue reading »]]> We begin this month with some additions to inventory which are not seen very frequently.  For the collector of British Empire we may report some interesting additions to Australian States as well as the British Caribbean area, with Barbados leading the charge.  We continue adding diligently to our inventory of French Southern and Antarctic Territories.  In terms of Canada there are more choice used items and better mint to report.  For less frequently encountered countries Brazil and Thailand have received attention.

Continue reading »]]> Another productive month is at an end and we have many new items in our inventory to report.  We continue our proverbial exploration of the southern reaches of the earth with significant additions to Falkland Islands, British Antarctic Territory and French Southern and Antarctic Territories in the form of fresh mint never hinged complete sets, corner blocks of four and dated corners.  Less frequently plumbed corners of the world which we have given some attention to recently include Finland and Estonia.  As always we have made efforts to keep up with the demand for better Canada and Newfoundland by adding better singles and items like coil pairs and Plate Blocks.

Continue reading »]]> We have been busily adding stamps to some of our favorite areas of late, including better early Canada in both mint and used.  Another area which we constantly try to keep adding quality material to is British Empire and Commonwealth, the last while especially British Caribbean and British Pacific.  Some very popular areas within the greater Commonwealth which we have been giving particular attention to of late are Newfoundland and the Falkland Islands.  For the world beyond the Commonwealth a couple of areas a little off the beaten path with additions to inventory worthy of note are Eritrea and Vietnam.

Continue reading »]]> An ideal Squared Circle on piece tying a three penny Kangaroo first watermark olive bistre Die II, well-centred stamp to large piece, dated Nov. 17, 1915.  Piece has a small tear at the top and has a censor mark  ‘Passed’.  Scott catalogue for the stamp alone is $225.00.  We think this item is worth full catalogue.  Our Price $225.00

Continue reading »]]> The proverbial dust of the most recent Sparks auction has just settled leaving us with more time to concentrate on Ian Kimmerly Stamps.  We have a number of interesting stamps which have been added to inventory to report.  Our recent Newfoundland drive is continuing with better mint and used items having been added to inventory.  British Commonwealth stamps, mostly from the Caribbean, with countries such as Antigua and Barbados have been added.  The large and ever-popular area of Europe sees many new additions, with stand-outs France, Iceland, Italy, and Sweden.  Expanding to the wider world with some of the emerging countries we have added plenty of Brazil and Thailand.