by Ricky Verra | May 2, 2025 | Articles
As a collector of a De La Rue issue, I wanted to write this article to hopefully give fellow collectors ideas on how rewarding building a specialised collection of a De La Rue issue or issues can be. Thanks mostly to the Robson Lowe sales of the De La Rue archives in...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 28, 2025 | Articles
One of the highlights of our May 28th-June 1st auction series is the Karl Korn collection of mint Austria 1850-1938, which includes mint examples of Austria’s most iconic stamps, the Mercury Heads. The 0.6Kr value is reasonably common, with lot 10060 being a...
by Ricky Verra | Nov 8, 2024 | Articles
Collecting Chinese stamps can be a daunting prospect, with a myriad of overprints for province issues and inflation surcharges from the 1920s to 40s, different printings, the dreaded reprints and as with every country, difficult forgeries, (even with relatively modern...
by Ricky Verra | Nov 5, 2024 | Articles
Our British Empire catalogue features an attractive selection of postal history from the Niger Coast Protectorate and some cancellations from the Royal Niger Company Territories. The following article gives a brief overview of the postal services from their...
by Ricky Verra | Nov 4, 2024 | Articles
The David Feldman team of philatelists are passionate about stamps and postal history from around the world. In this article we’ve each taken a moment to highlight something that particularly caught our interest in our November 18th-24th auction series, whether...
