Heritage Auctions

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Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Steve started collecting stamps at a young age. He developed an early affinity for stamps with production mistakes after his own purchase of a miscut booklet at a Post Office window in the 1960's. His interest in the fascinating sub-specialty of Errors remains strong to this day, and he is recognized as one of the leading experts in this fascinating field.

After 25 years of Circulation Management experience at The Seattle Times, Steve retired from the newspaper business in 1999 to launch a full-time, rare stamp business, initially selling stamps to collectors through sales booths at major stamp shows across the USA. Quickly recognizing the power of the Internet, he soon developed a custom-software website dedicated to the sale of rare stamps, migrating virtually all his business to the online venue by 2004.

Steve was the first national-level stamp dealer to embrace third-party grading, introduced to the stamp market in late 2002 by Professional Stamp Experts (PSE). His leadership in this "new stamp market" was noticed, and followed by other dealers, and then ultimately, by stamp auction firms, who also began offering graded stamps to their clients.

He is a current member of the American Stamp Dealers Association, American Philatelic Society, United States Stamp Society, Error, Freaks and Oddities Collectors Club and the Florida Stamp Dealers Association.

"Philately is an area we're anxious to get back into," said Steve Ivy, Co-Chairman and CEO of Heritage, "and we're confident that Steve's drive, ambition, experience, and standing in the stamp collecting community will help us attain a leadership position in this exciting area very quickly."

GradedStamps.com will move its operations to Dallas, where it will continue under Steve's direction.

To discuss consigning items an upcoming stamp auction, please call Steve Crippe at 1-800-872-6467, extension 1777, or email him at SteveC@HA.com.

For more information about Heritage's auctions, please visit www.HA.com.

To reserve your copy of any Heritage auction catalog, please contact Client Services at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 1150, or visit www.HA.com/Catalog to order by email.

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