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Newsletter December 2011

Geneva December Auction Results Our last auction held in Geneva on December 6-11 was a great success and we are happy to invite you to look at the prices realized on our website. You may also make offers on the remaining unsold lots. NB Prices realized are printed...

Hong Kong Autumn Auction 2011 Press Articles

2011-11-16 Hong Kong Daily News, 2011-11-22 Ming Pao Daily News, 2011-11-22 MASTV, 2011-11-22 MASTV News (Video), 2011-11-22 Hong Kong Economic Times, 2011-11-23 Headline Daily, 2011-11-23 HKCNA, 2011-11-23 on.cc, 2011-11-23 The Sun, 2011-11-23 Xinhua Daily Telegraph,...

The Burrus cover from the Karpov Collection

Belgium Collection formed by Anatoly Karpov Lot 30102, 8th December 2011 Auction 17 examples of the 1849 Medaillon 40c Carmine-rose on a cover front from Nieuport How can you find the missing 40c stamp ? This item is a cover front with a massive franking of 17...

One of the “Crown Jewels” of Classic Denmark

The second Danish stamp issued was the 2 R.B.S. (Rigsbankskilling) value, which first appeared on April 28, 1851, nearly a month after the 4 R.B.S.  Its purpose was, at first, to pre-pay delivery of mail “within the ramparts” (i.e. within the city walls)...