Keystone Stamp Auctions Mail Sale #34
Tom Droege
JUST POSTED to Stamp Auction Central
RELIABLE STAMP SALES Sale - 34
KEYSTONE STAMP AUCTIONS INC. SALE #34
Sale Date: June 24, 1996
We are pleased to present our Mail Auction #34, containing
over 5700 lots with emphasis on high quality United Statses
singles, classics, a fantastic Booklet Pane offering,
Possessions, a tremendous section of classic Canadian,
Seclected British Commonwealth and Worldwide including a
fabulous collection of French Deluxe Proofs, France and
Luxembourg. The sale has a catalog value of more than $1.5
million and has something for everyone.
To further help you in fulfilling your philatelic needs, we
have removed the "Minimum Bid" and replaced it with a
"Suggested Bid (S.B.)"
This sale does have a 10% Buyers Commission which will be
added to the realized price of each lot. Xeroxes of lots
are available for $1 per page (not per lot) and must be paid
for at time of request.
Visit the Stamp Auction Central World Wide Web site at:
http://www2.interpath.net/devcomp/auctions.htm
or contact us directly at:
A DIVISION OF KEYSTONE STAMP AUCTION,INC
933 LIBERTY AVE, ROOM 401
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 391-0744
Fax: (412) 391-8897
Posted by Thomas Droege 71333...@CompuServe.com. You may
direct any general questions about Stamp Auction Central
to me, but please make requests for catalogs directly to
the address above.
Aps ken
Tom,
Chip Dodd has not answered the APS questions, but I note in the auction
catalog that Coogle and Miller remain "consultants" to Keystone, whatever
that means.
However, if a complaint against Keystone comes in, I'll take Dodd at face
value and treat it as addressed to him.
Best, Ken
Aps ken
Sorry, folks. I hit the wrong button and could not retrieve my reply
intended for Tom Droege personally. To clarify the mystery, the former
proprietors of Keystone (until very recently), Bob Miller and David Coogle
(formerly David Zelenak), have been expelled from APS, Coogle after a
federal conviction on stamp-related mail fraud charges, Miller for having
cancels removed from expensive 19th century stamps ($20 State Department
officials) that subsequently were offered for sale by Coogle as unused.
APS cannot help people who have complaints against non-members, so earlier
this year we had to reject a complaint from a Keystone customer.
This was a case I investigated and reported in Linn's two years ago.
The new owner, Chip Dodd, wrote in the current catalog that Coogle and
Miller are still consultants to Keystone. I don't know what that means,
but as long as Dodd is the responsible party, Keystone customers should
now enjoy the protection they expect.
This does underscore the reason why collectors should be sure that the
dealers they patronize are APS members.
Unlike Linn's Stamp News, which denies advertising privileges to dealers
who abuse their customers, the on-line commercial philatelic advertising
services do not have established procedures to screen out the bad guys.
This aspect of Internet activity would benefit from thoughtful
consideration, before people are hurt and left without recourse.
Ken Lawrence
SteveSwa
In article <4p5c6i$8...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, aps...@aol.com (Aps ken)
writes:
>Chip Dodd has not answered the APS questions, but I note in the auction
>catalog that Coogle and Miller remain "consultants" to Keystone, whatever
>that means.
Perhaps my newsreader missed something on this post, but I'm confused.
Weren't two gentlemen by those names expelled from the APS last year?
Stephen S. Washburne
P. O. Box 43146
Philadelphia PA 19129
(215) 843-2106 voice&fax