by Devlan Kruck | Aug 5, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Ok, so far we’ve got eleven legendary collectors, including a duke, a lord and even a prince, most of the worlds greatest collections and huge sums of cash splashed all over the world. What’s missing? Two things. The first is the twelfth person. As you...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 3, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
‘Provenance’ has a practical application in the world of philately. It provides a chronology of the ownership for rare and valuable items, which is a powerful tool in establishing the authenticity of material being presented for exhibition or for sale. And, there’s...
by Tony Banwell | Jul 28, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
THE RE-DISCOVERY OF THE LEGENDARY AND UNIQUE 1915 $2 HALL OF CLASSICS BLOCK OF FOUR WITH CENTRE INVERTED After lying for decades unseen, one of the foremost Chinese, and indeed world, rarities has surfaced. I last had the privilege of seeing this icon of philately...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 24, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
If you do your research there are quite a few doctors who clearly had a love for philately and contributed much to the hobby. And if you’ve been paying attention to these articles you’ll recall we introduced a Doctor not so long ago. Legend number 5...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 16, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
This will probably surprise you, but this article isn’t going to tell you how you can help Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) in its fight against Covid-19. We have a fine brochure for that exact purpose. But in true philatelic terms what I am going to...
by David Feldman RDP(I), FRPSL | Jul 15, 2020 | Weekly Digest
It was 1975 and I had joined the team of Robson Lowe International to assist with their auctions. I still maintained my independent dealing business aside and was to leave “RL” 11 months later, but the auction experience was enormously rewarding, especially that first...
