Vance Carmichael started Vance Auctions on his own in 1972 with the experience he learned from working in his father's stamp store in Toronto. Now, nearly forty years later, he has a full staff and operates seven to eight auctions within a year with people buying and selling from all over the world. Stamps are his passion and he has turned them into an operation that has sold more than 1.5 million lots over the years.

Bidding in an online auction is never going to be as good as sitting in the room and actually seeing all of the items for yourself. But, Vance Auctions is doing its best to bring all of the elements of bidding right into your home. When you look at the bid sheet you can see that he has covered all kinds of scenarios that might make you want to bid more or less during the auction. For example, if you see two similar items and know that you would only want one than you can indicate this on your bid sheet.

Vance Auctions is very much a family business and with that you get all of the attention to detail and customer service that you would want from those dealing with valuable collectables. This is a great chance to acquire some postal artifacts from around the world and see some pieces that are very rare no matter where you're from. In one auction you might find something from the British Colonies and in another find a lot from Russia. But it is all worth the effort of checking out this site.