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Chinese Stamps

China 1942 "Over the hump" airmail cover
August 1942 cover to UK from Mrs C.H.B. Joly, Customs, Chungking, at $25.40c registered airmail rate, endorsed on the obverse " AIRMAIL VIA CALCUTTA & CAIRO TO LAGOS & THENCE BY P.A.A." Impressed with the Type R8 unit censor cachet No. 63.
A very scarce "Over the Hump" cover, as the flights over the Patkai mountains dividing India with Southern China were known.

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Rare Penny Black - Invest in rare stamps

We have a rare 1840 Penny Black.

Plate 4. 1840 1d black, a superb used example lettered SK being neatly cancelled by a red Maltese cross. A most attractive item.

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About Us - 60 Years experience at the forefront of STAMP collecting

Colin Harding and Robert Hepworth have been in the "Stamp Business" for a very long time, having started their careers with Stanley Gibbons Ltd. when it was at its zenith in the early 1970s, and founded Scotia Philately Ltd in 1984. They handled some of the greatest collections and stocks ever to come on the market during their time with Gibbons including the Maximus Great Britain collection, the Canman China collection, the fabulous Harry Nissen stock and the Marc Haas U.S.A. collection. Their long and wide-ranging experience of the market over a period of nearly forty years puts them in a strong position to help you with your collection or stamp investment portfolio, whether this be in building it up or in achieving the best selling price for you when you wish to sell it.

Since they set up Scotia Philately Ltd., many collectors have used their expertise and contacts to build up Gold Medal collections, and we have also sold many exceptional collections including the Gaston Berlemont Gold Medal collection of French Maritime Mail, the Erskine and Charless Hahn Gold Medal collections of Scots Local cancellations, the Kean Railway collection, the Schroeder Large Gold Medal French Postage Due collection, the Ito Gold Medal Great Britain collection, the "Devon" Imperial Russia collection, the Dr. M. Vermeer Gold Medal French Colonies collection, the "Stillwell" and "Spedding" collections of distinctive Maltese Cross cancellations, the "Paton" collection of Machine cancellations, the Stanley Bidmead collection of French Entry marks, the Roger Schnell  collection of the Isle of Man, the "Dawson" Tibet collection, the Alastair Shaw collection of West Africa stamps and postal history, the Wang collection of Malayan States, the "Fife" collection of Hong Kong, the Alan Lacey collection of Germany, the Tyler collection of Maltese Cross cancels, the "JB" collection of Great Britain line-engraved issues, the Bryan Hunt collection of Jamaica and many more. To find out more about Stamp Invest visit http://www.stamp-investco.com/

Investment In Stamps

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Investment in Rare Stamps

Much has been written about this subject by financial journalists, dealers and collectors, with claims that stamps are a safer investment than gold, shares, property, wine, art etc, backed up by graphs showing the annual growth in value of certain key stamps based almost exclusively on the price printed in the catalogues of the very dealers actively promoting this type of investment. We do not believe in, nor trust, this type of analysis.

Rare Stamps, like all collectibles, are primarily a collector-driven market, and when such markets are inflated with items being offered to investors at prices that bear no relation to actual market prices, there is a danger that those investors will find it difficult to recoup their original investment.

We have been in the stamp business for nearly forty years and have seen many collections formed and then sold, and 90% of the collections known to us have been sold at a good profit. Why is this? Collectors who build up a collection or portfolio of a particular country or area, buying from dealers who sell at a correct market price based on the rarity and quality of the item, will almost certainly return a healthy profit when they come to sell their holding.

All the items illustrated on this website are priced for the collector market, with no supplement for the investor. Our prices are the same for the collector and the investor - we only offer top quality material that we would be happy to buy ourselves.

What stamps should be purchased for investment?

This is a very difficult question to answer - the obvious response is stamps from countries that show strong economic growth and from countries that have a long history as stamp issuing countries such as China, Great Britain, U.S.A., Malaysia, Brazil, Australia and Russia, but we have found that there are strong markets for the stamps of some of the smallest countries, so the main criterium should be the selection of stamps of quality and rarity from any country. It just takes a few keen collectors of one area to result in a strong market movement - once we spot such movement, we always advise clients who hold material of this area that there is a potential profit should they wish to sell.

The first issues of Great Britain have always been held in high esteem by collectors, as these were the very first stamps issued anywhere in the world. They appeal to collectors from every geographical area, and gold medal collections of early Great Britain have been, and are being, formed by collectors living in countries as diverse as U.S.A, Thailand, Japan, Chile, Australia, Norway and Russia - a very broad market base which makes these stamps a "must" in any investment holding.

To summarise

Rare stamps are a good investment, as long as they are of the right rarity and quality and have been acquired at the right price. We treat our investors and collectors in the same way, and we only offer the very best stamps, covers and advice based on our 37 years of experience at the very top of the market. All matters are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

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Stamps and rare document investments

What makes a stamp a good investment? The answer is quite simple - the item must represent both quality and rarity. A rare stamp that does not have quality is not a good investment, unless there are only two or three examples known. We also recommend classic covers as an investment, i.e. the use of classic stamps on their original wrappers or envelopes. Every cover is effectively unique, and illustrates the stamp being used for the purpose for which it was issued - paying for the carriage of the letter through the postal system. An increasing number of collectors collect "postal history" as well as stamps, the key again is to buy only the best quality possible.

 At Stamp Invest we specialise in the early classic stamps of the world, and we look forward to putting our expertise at your disposal. Two of our favourite stamps are the Penny Black and Two Penny Blue, issued in 1840 in Great Britain - the world's very first stamps. The quality of the engraving and production of these stamps is quite outstanding, inspiring and influencing the design of the first stamps of so many other countries, and they are worthy of inclusion in any collection or investment holding.   Illustrated on this website you will find a selection of stamps and covers that we recommend for either collector or investor. http://www.stamp-investco.com/