by Devlan Kruck | Apr 21, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Etymology is a great word! In fact, so is ‘derivation’. Etymology being the account of how a particular word came about – the derivation of a word. Quite literally the birth of a word. The reason for mentioning this is that I’ve been musing on...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 15, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Our June 30th-July 1st 2020 auction series features a mint nh example of the extremely rare and iconic 1948 Gandhi 10R Service stamp (lot 31658). When we sold an example of this stamp in May 2011 for a world record price for €120’000 plus commission (at the time...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 14, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
One of the highlights of our GB & British Empire auction on June 30th-July 2st 2020 is lot 32162, the extremely rare mint Mafeking 6d on 3d Cape of Good Hope with seriffed “MAFEKING / BESIEGED” overprint. This stamp is priced by Stanley Gibbons at...
by admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release
British Empire Auctions are postponed to end of June 2020 With the continued tightening of restrictions in Switzerland and worldwide due to Covid-19, we have unfortunately taken the decision to postpone our specialised Great Britain and British Empire auction series...
by Estelle Leclere | Mar 5, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release
David Feldman SA is pleased to announce the appointment of Fernando Martínez to its philatelic team in Geneva. Fernando will take up a leading role in the team with a focus on expanding the company’s worldwide business, strengthening its position in its core...
by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | Famous Philatelists
When did you start collecting and why? I was born 1941 in Sweden and I started collecting when I was 5 years old. At first, I was more interested in maps and cartography. My attraction to stamps came naturally, almost at the same time. When I was 12 years old, I...
by Estelle Leclere | Dec 18, 2019 | Auction Highlights
Our autumn auction series held from Monday 9th to Friday 13th December saw great results. Discover the prices realised Over the course of five days, more than 4’250 lots went under the hammer, which saw some intense bidding from all around the world, over the...
by Estelle Leclere | Dec 11, 2019 | Auction Highlights
After the great success of the 1st sale in December 2018, we were very pleased to offer the second part of the Chalhoub Collection of Egypt on Monday December 9th. This auction presented the final part of the Commemorative issues of the Monarchy period. More than 70%...
by admin | Nov 5, 2019 | Latest News & Press Release
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Great Philatelic Collections book. It is dedicated to the Postal History of Ireland from 1591 to 1865, a collection formed by Des Quail, F.R.P.S.L. The Postal History of Ireland is closely related to that of Great...
by admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Auction Highlights, Latest News & Press Release
We are pleased to announce that our books & manuscripts auctions partner, Artoria SA, are having their second auction on October 15th 2019 at 2pm, in our office in Geneva. We invite you to discover the 368 lots of their upcoming auction which features : a...
by admin | Aug 28, 2019 | Latest News & Press Release
Our philatelists will be at the 2019 Autumn Stampex from September 11th to 14th at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Ricky Verra, Guy Croton and Tony Banwell will be available to meet you at our new stand n°90 & 91. They will be available to respond...
by admin | Aug 22, 2019 | Latest News & Press Release
Meet us at Nordia 2019 Our philatelist and auctioneer Anders Thorell will be at the Nordia 2019 stamp exhibition, which will take place from the 23rd to the 25th of August in Sarpsborg. Anders will be pleased to meet you at our stand (n°8), to respond to any queries...
