by Estelle Leclere | Aug 22, 2012 | Articles
1858 Cover from Warsaw to FRANCE, addressed to Mrs. Wolowski and franked with four Russia 10k cancelled by clear strikes of “1” in target. Sent by the French politician Louis Wolowski, former Polish citizen who was sentenced to death after the 1830 Polish...
by Ricky Verra | Jul 24, 2012 | Articles
This is the third extract in a series of articles about philatelic rarities taken from the Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol.1, pp.11-12, by L. N. Williams, published by David Feldman in 1992, with updates since its publication. The first issue of Brazil...
by Estelle Leclere | Jul 12, 2012 | Articles
by Ricky Verra | Jul 2, 2012 | Articles
This is the second extract in a series of articles about philatelic rarities taken from the Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol.1, pp.331-334, by L. N. Williams, published by David Feldman in 1992, with updates since its publication. When Mme Borchard swapped...
by Ricky Verra | May 21, 2012 | Articles
This is the first extract in a series of articles about philatelic rarities taken from the Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol.1, pp.13-23, by L. N. Williams, published by David Feldman in 1992, with updates since its publication. The crudest classic issue by...
by Estelle Leclere | Feb 6, 2012 | Articles
One of the very few great philatelists who became a legend in his own lifetime, Mr Hiroyuki Kanai, has sadly left us. Despite the distance, the language and the culture differences between the country and city where he lived and worked and the subjects he championed,...
