by Devlan Kruck | Nov 11, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
There was something smelly going on in late January 1855, and it all seemed to originate from the foul stink permeating from the Crimea War. The Duke of Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, was the Secretary of War for the British Government from June 1854 but resigned...
by Marcus Orsi | Nov 10, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
Our Winter auction series from November 30th to December 4th features a wealth of rare and beautiful Greek philatelic material in our All World and Rarities of the World catalogues. Read on to learn more about this fascinating area of philately. Browse the Greece Lots...
by Ricky Verra | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
Our auctions last week saw a range of rare and interesting material go under the hammer, with several hundred bidders competing over the course of the two days with their bids on the book, the internet, the phone and through their auction agents bidding live via video...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
If you look out onto the philatelic landscape, our next legendary collector is the oak tree standing at the center of our vista, with a spectacular canopy of branches and foliage that reflects a pleasing hue upon all those that care to gaze and admire the view. ...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
With the very sad news that Sean Connery passed away this week, we thought it would be fitting to pay homage in some way to this iconic actor. And what better way than highlighting a cover that has a touch of James Bond about it, and connects us with the iconic film...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
In the world of babies, triplets, as you might expect, are a lot rarer than twins. Apparently there is a 0.1% chance of having triplets whereas a 0.45% chance of having twins, both of which are in fact better odds than winning the jackpot in a lottery. Which depending...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 22, 2020 | Famous Philatelists
It’s not often you can say here’s a philatelist you’d trust with your life, and not only that this gentleman brings a lifetime of heroics and some Arab spice to the affair. Oh, and if that isn’t enough, then he also enables us to slot into our postage portrayals three...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 22, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830 to 1916) was also the King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, and monarch of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He’s a fascinating fellow if you care to dig around in the history files. Not least because quite a few of his closest and...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 21, 2020 | Auction Highlights
Right, if we are going to do justice to our Olympic auction, let’s start at the very beginning, which is not to be confused with the lyrics from ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘Do-re-mi’, although there’s a ‘long way to run’ given the Olympics are synonymous with the Marathon...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 21, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Now is an opportune moment to introduce our next legendary collector, because he helped several of the philatelists we have already featured to establish their collections as some of the world’s greatest ever stamp collections. Sir Edward Denny Bacon (1860 to 1938)...
by Ricky Verra | Oct 8, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
Our October 27th-28th auction series will feature the second and final part of the “Tatiana” collection of Mauritius, which will offer 44 lots of the “Dardenne” issues. So-called, because the engraving of these 1d and 2d values was made by...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 6, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Just imagine you’ve received an envelope with a letter inside that would incriminate you and the sender. What would you do? Would you burn it? That seems the most sensible action to take. Burn it and the incriminating cover is gone forever. No need to worry anymore....
