by Devlan Kruck | Nov 23, 2022 | Rarities
Mention the name Madonna to a certain section of society and they immediately think of the pop star who goes by the same name. However, to others it conjures up a religious image, especially when coupled with the words “and child”. To the philatelic community Madonna...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 23, 2022 | Articles, Famous Philatelists
As any serious philatelist will tell you, patience is an essential virtue if you want to assemble a topclass collection. Of course copious amounts of money can shortcut the search, but in reality even wealth has to wait for those elusive items to come to market, and...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 28, 2022 | Auction Highlights
In our upcoming Autumn Auction series 2022, being held from December 5th to 9th in Geneva, we have a catalogue which features unique material from the archive of Jean de Sperati called The “Art of Sperati” Collection, including 136 lots of never seen before...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 27, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
Given the achievements in the world of philately of our next legendary collector, you might be forgiven for thinking his career must have been in forensic science or perhaps he was a top investigator. However, Dr Carl Walske (1922 to 2009) an American philatelist and...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 26, 2022 | Rarities
It may at times occur to the philatelist that there is a rather romantic synergy between the magical shores of the Mauritius island and the mystical stamps of the “Post Office” issue. And one could equally draw parallels with the now more than rare native bird of that...
