by Ricky Verra | Apr 22, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
In June 1848, less than a year after the famous “Post Office” issue, a new Two Pence value was issued, followed later by a One Penny, which like the First Issue, were engraved locally by J. O. Barnard. However, instead of being inscribed “POST OFFICE” in...
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 21, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
The Moldavian Bull’s Head stamps are renowned in the Philatelic ring for their rarity. And like their namesake these ‘bulls’, or more accurately ‘Wisent’ which is a European bison, are pretty unsophisticated in form and appearance. Their engraving, and engraver it...
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 21, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Etymology is a great word! In fact, so is ‘derivation’. Etymology being the account of how a particular word came about – the derivation of a word. Quite literally the birth of a word. The reason for mentioning this is that I’ve been musing on...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 15, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Our June 30th-July 1st 2020 auction series features a mint nh example of the extremely rare and iconic 1948 Gandhi 10R Service stamp (lot 31658). When we sold an example of this stamp in May 2011 for a world record price for €120’000 plus commission (at the time...
by Ricky Verra | Apr 14, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
One of the highlights of our GB & British Empire auction on June 30th-July 2st 2020 is lot 32162, the extremely rare mint Mafeking 6d on 3d Cape of Good Hope with seriffed “MAFEKING / BESIEGED” overprint. This stamp is priced by Stanley Gibbons at...
