1. All bids are per lot as printed in the Catalogue. The right is reserved to withdraw any lot prior to sale.
2. Lots will be sold at the highest bid at one advance over the second highest bid. In case of tie bids the bid received earlier wins. An absentee bid takes priority of the same bid received during the Live Auction.
3. The terms of sale are strictly cash on delivery to the highest bidder unless special arrangements have been made prior to sale.
4. All offered lots are subject to a reasonable reserve price. The right is reserved not to honor any bids at our discretion.
5. Prices in the right column represent the adept valuations based on the stamp market conditions for single lots and starting prices for the collections. Please note that bids lower than 90% of Estimated Prices are rarely successful.
6. All bids are confidential and are not open for the third parties. However, we provide Current Bids constantly; they can be found on our website.
7. No bids are accepted from persons less than 18 years of age.
8. Successful bidders are expected to make payment in full before the lots are mailed, unless they are known to us or supply acceptable references. If the lots are mailed in advance the payment is expected to be made within 5 business days of receipt.
9. If the payment for the lots won at the auction is not made within 30 days from the Auction date a 2% per month late payment charge will be added to an invoice.
10. All lots remain the property of Raritan Stamps, Inc. until paid in full.
11. Postage and private insurance charged extra to the purchase price (minimum $7.00). Handling charge is $1.50 per each mailing. The NJ Sales Tax of 6.625% will be collected when applicable. Foreign customers pay at least $25 (Canada) or $32 (all other countries) for insurance, postage and registration. Sending without insurance and registration is possible at buyer’s risk.
12. Any lot, description of which is incorrect may be returned within 14 days of receipt, intact for a full refund. The following lots cannot be returned under any circumstances: collections or collective lots, lots described to have faults because of any defects. No illustrated lot may be returned because of margins, centering and other faults shown on the illustrations or in internet catalogue. Customers having examined the lots prior to sale may not return them for any reason whatsoever.
13. All lots are sold as genuine. The organizers of the auction are responsible for authenticity of all single lots sold at the auction for a period of 1 year. During this period should any lot be proven otherwise by written opinion of any competent, responsible authority, a full refund will be made on lots returned. This guarantee excludes collections, collective lots containing more than ten stamps, which are not described individually, and accumulations. We will not be responsible for any charges incurred by the buyer for expertise fees and costs unless the opinion states the item is not genuine, in which case we will pay the actual costs.
14. Lots may be sent for inspection to prospective buyers upon written application. They must be returned within 24 hours of receipt by Express Mail and adequately insured. The applicant takes all the responsibility for the lots while they are in his possession until they are received by us and agrees to pay all the expenses linked with postage and insurance. No lots can be mailed within 10 days before the Auction date. Scans and digital photos are available upon request.
15. Buyer’s premium of 15% will be added to the lots’ selling prices and become a part of a total price of the purchase.
16. Agents are responsible for all purchases on behalf of their clients unless other arrangements are made prior to the sale.
17. The placing of a bid shall constitute acceptance of the foregoing Conditions of Sale.
Nikolay Kondrikov
President of Raritan Stamps, Inc.
METHODS OF PAYMENT
• Personal Checks or Money orders in US funds only, drawn by US Banking Institutions.
• VISA, Master Card accepted with no additional surcharge within 5 business days upon receiving the invoice, and then 3% convenience fee is added.
• Bank wire transfers are accepted and preferable for International transactions. We note that money must be wired to our bank account with all the charges pre-paid, including fee of our bank, which is $30 per each transfer.
DESCRIPTIONS
Catalogue numbers (#) and Catalogue values (C.v.) are taken from 2021 Scott Catalogue.
In the cases when stamps or souvenir sheets are unlisted in Scott we are using Michel Catalogue (Mi), which has prices expressed in Euro, approximate exchange rate is €1=$1.18.
If Scott Catalogue does not have prices for NH stamps then the latest editions of Dallay, Facit, Karamitsos, Michel, Sakura, Sassone, Stanley Gibbons (SG), Unitrade, Yang, Yvert etc. are used.
Lots in the section Great Britain and British Commonwealth in most cases have been catalogued accordingly to the Stanley Gibbons 2020. C.v. are expressed in Pound Sterling (£), approximate exchange rate is £1=$1.33 at the time of catalogue printing. Stamps in various Russian sections are catalogued by Scott, however for postal stationery and specialized items we provide numbers by Russian Standard Collection Catalogue (SC), catalogue value of Collections and Collective lots presented by the latest edition of this Catalogue, approximate exchange rate is $1=76.40₽
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
** Never hinged, original gum
* Hinged, original gum
**/* Never Hinged, Hinged
(*) No gum, unused
U Used
C Coin
D Document, Ephemera
F Forgery, Postal Forgery
L Label, Unofficial stamp
P Proof, Essay
S Specimen
SB, B Stamp, Postcard Booklet
W Wholesale Lot
Block or large multiple
Cover, wrapper, postcard
COA Certificate of authenticity
Est. Estimate
fn Footnote
SC Standard Collection Catalogue
Mi Michel Catalogue
SG Stanley Gibbons Catalogue
C.v. Catalogue value
OG Original gum
NH Never hinged
LH Lightly hinged
VLH Very lightly hinged
F/VF Fine/Very Fine
VF Very Fine
XF Extremely Fine
ds Date stamp, Circular ds
CTO Cancelled to order
FDC First Day Cover
Gub. Gubernia
Obl. Oblast
PPC Picture Postcard
TPO Traveling Post Office (Mail Car)
AUCTION AGENTS
Charles Cwiakala
1527 S. Fairview Ave
Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA
Phone/Fax: 847.823 8747
E-mail: CECwiakala@aol.com Frank Mandel
P.O. Box 157
New York, NY 10014 USA
Phone: 212.675 0819
Fax: 212.336 6462 Purser & Associates, LLC
Jonathan Orenstein
240 Bronxville Road #B4, Bronxville, NY 10708, USA
Phone: 857.928 5140
E-mail: info@pursers.com
A BUYER’S PREMIUM IS 15%
LOTS ON VIEW
Due to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) postal viewing and personal viewing in our Cranbury office are not available. However we will be able to provide large volume of scans per request of our prospective buyers. Please call for more information.
RARITAN STAMPS, INC.
PO Box 425, Cranbury, NJ 08512-0425, USA
Phone: 732.422.2124 Fax: 732.422.2125
Email: info@raritanstamps.com
Visit our website: www.raritanstamps.com