Sell with Us – Consign to Corinphila

Corporation Internationale de Philatelie

Corinphila is an abbreviation of Corporation Internationale de Philatelie, with its meaning to “cooperate”. The cooperation with us always involves three parties, i.e. the consignor – we as the agent – the buyers. Many consignors begin their philatelic journey with us as buyers and later return as consignors. This business relationship is what we continuously strive for as a Corporation Internationale de Philatelie!

Our Management of Sales

We know that our service is a unique offering within the auction industry because we have preserved the traditions which we believe are critical to your success. We ensure that we meet and exceed customer expectations.

1. We recognize the importance of every single item. If such importance is recognized by the Provenance, we will research and locate the necessary information and ensure that the Philatelic Pedigree is presented. Our philatelic records relating to Provenance are unique and unparalleled within our industry. We not only have the renowned card index systems, but we have also developed the world’s first digital philatelic database of Provenance for important items, this system is called: Provenance Finder (ProFi).

2. We firmly believe in preparing detailed descriptions and ensure these are presented in the most professional and high-quality manner. This includes detailed technical information as well as the provenance where applicable. For each philatelic area of study, we call upon industry leading philatelic Experts and Specialists to describe the material entrusted to us.

   We also work with full transparency in regard to starting prices. All our lots are offered with starting prices without reserves. What has been hammered at an auction within our group of companies has a buyer on the price publicly hammered.

3. We believe in printed and physical formats. It is a passion of ours that printed presentations of all material entrusted to us is at the heart of our business and fundamental to the service we give our clients. We ship auction catalogues, prepared and printed to the highest quality specification, to thousands of destinations all over the world.

4. We believe in extensive advertising and strong marketing performances. We place advertisements in all major philatelic magazines and journals, as well as niche and specialized publications. If a specific journal is requested or deemed suitable for a specific collection or important piece entrusted to us, we extend our commitment to include your material within these publications. We also market sales and build buyer relationships through our presence at major exhibitions and shows around the world. We have a track record of advertising more than our competitors and our marketing is unrivalled in our industry.

5. We believe in making our printed catalogues available in digital formats. Digital access to our physical catalogues enables searching by keywords to aid the finding of material entrusted to us on sale. Digital formats also help us reach extended audiences for your material.
6. We use Philasearch as our digital platform for ONLINE LIVE bidding, in combination with the traditional formats such as the auction room offering LIVE bidding, auction agents, book bids, as well as LIVE phone bidding. The various options we make available to buyers ensure that all material entrusted to us reaches its bidders in a format they are comfortable using.
7. We believe in the strong worldwide network of buyers our company accesses through us and the other companies in The Global Philatelic Network.

We publish continuously performance figures about buyers being active at our sales during the Auction Event Weeks:

We know that our compliance on these commitments is proven. No other company, except those in our group, advertise more than we do, print more publications and catalogues than we do, and ship these physically to all our target groups around the world. This is what we mean when we say that we offer a unique service within the auction industry. We have preserved the fundamental traditions which we believe are critical to success, to ensure we meet and exceed your expectations.