We’ve seen an increase in the trend for the unusual and realise it’s an ever important factor in people’s collecting habits. This could be for those who are looking for a more academically stimulating collecting area, or someone looking to be more creative with their collection (perhaps even just as a fun aside to their main collection). Below I write about how you can use our website to find items you’re looking for, or didn’t know you were looking for that maybe fit into more than one box (that’s not supposed to be a pun by the way!). It’s something that I haven’t seen other auction companies embracing on their websites, and putting my David Feldman rep face on, I believe puts us at an advantage over our competitors, which is a benefit to both buyers and sellers.
Our June 2026 auction series includes over 5’500 lots from around the world. Most of the time it’s easy to categorise where a stamp or cover should be placed in our listing, but sometimes one item could fit into more than one category. For example, a cover from the British Post Office in Haiti for examples could be of interest to a GB surface printed collector, a GB used Abroad collector or a Haiti collector. Historically a small number of auction houses have provided such cross-references for collectors in their catalogues. We have always provided an index of lots in our general catalogue but with printing deadlines always looming, it’s never as detailed as we would like. But once the catalogues are sent to the printers, we have more time to add secondary (or more) categories and tags to make lots more easily findable on our website. So below I will take you through our online catalogue search tools and how best to use them for your needs.
The Search Box
keywords in descrptions, second languages, add more than one keyword to the search box
Filter by Category
Sperati, airmails, thematics, transatlantic
Filter by Tags
This drop-down box brings up a list of symbols. These are pretty much what have been used by stamp auction catalogues for many decades, but for anyone who doesn’t know I’ve illustrated what they mean in figure XXX (which can also be found at the back of all of our catalogues). The only one missing from the list is the “C” tag which has been put on every single group lot or collection in the auction. Very useful for the dealer or collector looking to start something new.
