If you are selling a stamp collection accumulated over many years with a great deal of love and enthusiasm, and at great expense, the least you can expect is a detailed evaluation, safe, careful treatment for your stamps, and the highest possible sales price. If you sell your collection through us, we will provide all of these, ensuring that the whole process is as uncomplicated and transparent as possible.

We will start with a personal, no-obligation meeting, at your home if you wish, to tell you about the advantages of selling at auction in Switzerland and choosing Rapp. When all your questions have been answered, we will sign a contract with you.

1. Consignment

You are welcome to consign your stamps in person to our offices in Wil. If you are coming from abroad, we will make sure the border crossing is as smooth as possible. Alternatively, we can visit you and collect your stamps from your home, or you can easily send them by post, even from abroad.

2. Advance payments

If you wish, we can pay you an appropriate advance payment when you hand over your stamps so that you have a large part of their value right from the outset.

3. All-risk insurance

Once you have handed over your collection or made an estimate, your stamps will be covered against theft, natural hazards, damage in transit and all other risks – at a generously estimated sales value.

4. Evaluating your collection

Like you we have an interest in ensuring that your stamps realise the highest possible price. So we will divide them into optimal lot sizes, produce detailed descriptions, and fix an estimate based on our long experience of maximising sales proceeds.

5. Consignment sheet and lot numbers

Once we have examined your collection and written descriptions for the auction catalogue, we will send you a consignment sheet giving full details of the lots and their estimated values, and the descriptions as they will appear in the catalogue. You will receive a copy of the catalogue and «your» lot numbers about four weeks before the auction, so you know exactly what’s happening.

6. Result report

After the auction, we send all interested parties a fully illustrated report giving details of hammer and sales prices.This is the official record of the auction.

7. Payment

Within four to five weeks of the auction, we will give you a detailed breakdown of the items we have sold for you, and pay you the proceeds in accordance with your instructions.

8. How much does it cost?

All we charge for our services is a one-off commission, and there are no other hidden charges to reduce the amount that you receive. As we always obtain outstanding results, we are able to offer you highly advantageous terms.