by Devlan Kruck | Jun 27, 2022 | Rarities
It might surprise a few of you to know that in the world of US philately some of the most popular stamps are from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition pictorial issue. These bi-colour stamps of six values were produced to commemorate a world fair held at Buffalo, New...
by Eva Mondehard | Jun 14, 2022 | Auction Highlights
Genuine old time collections of the world with mint and used classic material in vintage albums, do not come to the auction market very often. In fact, they are extraordinarily rare, as any dealer, auctioneer or even experienced collector will verify. The reality is...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 2, 2022 | Auction Highlights
If you’re going to cut a Empire Laureate 80c postal adhesive into four equal parts and be left with one of those parts I guess it’s better to have the top left-hand corner as the piece you have on a cover. That way you have the forehead and part of the profile, an eye...
by Devlan Kruck | May 27, 2022 | Auction Highlights, Rarities
One of the curious things about philately is the fascination with errors. Or is it the fascination with how the errors occurred? Probably both, but whatever the reasons the featured stamp, which is the South Australia 1868 “3 PENCE” on 4d deep ultramarine with the...
by Devlan Kruck | May 26, 2022 | Auction Highlights
In the world of philately it can sometimes be easy to take for granted the wonderful array of stamps we have to study and enjoy. Often we appreciate the elegance and rarity of a particular set of stamps but perhaps don’t really know how they came about or their...
by Devlan Kruck | May 25, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release
In the beautiful surroundings of Lugano the Helvetia 2022 World Stamp Exhibition went ahead during 18th to 22nd MAY 2022 and the David Feldman SA team were there to meet clients, present our Italian auction catalogue material for viewing as well as present our...
by Devlan Kruck | May 24, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
Now by rights our next legendary collector should make his entrance later in the show, because he was with us for much of the last century and part of this and we’ve only just got to the late 60’s. However, for a very important reason we must meet John R Boker Jnr...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 26, 2022 | Rarities
Western European nations began trading with Siam as early as 1511 with the arrival of the Portuguese, before the Dutch and British in 1608 and the French in 1662. It was not until 18th April 1855 that more formal trading agreements were established when Great Britain...
by Eva Mondehard | Apr 26, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release
Our auction catalogues are now prepared ready for printing and will soon be on their way to clients, as well as our online auction catalogue will shortly be available to view. Our philatelists will take to the road between now and the auction week in June. You can...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles, Auction Highlights
Below is an extract from the “Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps” by L. N. Williams, vol.1, p.289-291, about the Uganda Missionary stamps produced by Reverend Millar on his typewriter. The examples illustrated below will feature in our upcoming June 13th-17th...
by Estelle Leclere | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles
HOW TO CONSIGN WITH US ? Consigning your stamps with us selling them in our auctions is very easy. Just follow the steps below. Watch Video STAGE 1: VALUATION The first step when considering selling your collection is to have it estimated by one of our specialists....
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 20, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
There are many times in life that the saying, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” applies, but in the case of our next legendary collector Louise Boyd Dale (1913 to 1967) an American philatelist and the daughter of our shield-bearing legend Alfred F....
