by Devlan Kruck | Jan 10, 2022 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
If our last legendary collector had a philatelic personnel file as thick and hefty as an old oak tree, then our next legend is the polar opposite, not that his accomplishments were less weighty, because in fact they were substantially greater, but information...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 29, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
A distinguishing feature of our philatelic legends is their expertise in stamps which has been gained through thousands of hours of study and application. This resulted in the formulation of world-class collections which were later sold, leaving behind an indelible...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 29, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Once upon a time, in the fifty-first year of the eighteen hundreds, in the commune of Mézières in the region of Ardennes in northern France, an aspiring thespian by the name of Gabriel left his cottage as the sun rose on a frosty February morning. Clutching a letter...
by Marcus Orsi | Nov 29, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
What a wonderful city Athens is? I was so privileged to be present at the recent NOTOS exhibition and witness the coming together of 11 of the 13 recorded Solferino stamps of the Large Hermes Heads (Note all 13 are listed on the Museum of Philately website...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 2, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Our Rarity of the Month article takes a closer look at our latest Private Treaty offering, which is a collection of the 1854 India First Issue Half Anna Blue and One Anna Red. It is a specialised study attractively and knowledgeable mounted and written up on...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 28, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
The news we bring this month is a tantalising triple tremor of exciting headlines – the first of which is the gratifying announcement that the European Philatelic Exhibition, NOTOS 2021, is going ahead in Athens, Greece, from the 19th to 22nd November 2021. The...
