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 | 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 | 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....
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 5, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
“It seems that you’ve been living two lives. In one life, you’re David Feldman, respectable International Auctioneer. You pay your taxes, and you help your clients buy and sell their prized possessions. The other life is lived in computers, where you carry out every...
