par Devlan Kruck | Avr 15, 2021 | collectionneurs célèbres, Weekly Digest
It’s staggering how little has been written in philatelic terms about a man who collected stamps at the highest level and appeared upon stamps as well. King Carol II (1893 to 1953) is best remembered as the King of Romania between 1930 and 1940, who abdicated and...
par Devlan Kruck | Mar 27, 2021 | Articles
Everything you need to know about the rare 1847 Post Office stamps of Mauritius and their value….. This humble looking copper plate, which is the original 1847 Mauritius ‘Post Office’ printing plate, sold for 1’300’000’ Euros at auction in 2016. If you want to know...
par Devlan Kruck | Mar 22, 2021 | Actualités, Weekly Digest
In philatelic terms you’d have to have been off the grid to miss the news that shoe designer to the stars Stuart Weitzman is selling two of the world’s most expensive stamps at auction. The famous 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, and the USA icon and unique plate...
par Devlan Kruck | Mar 18, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
In the last few weeks it seems that the news has been awash with stamp world rarities being cast into the limelight, and one in particular has caused a bit of fuss about what’s been put on the back of the thing rather than what we all tend to focus upon, the front....
par Devlan Kruck | Mar 17, 2021 | collectionneurs célèbres, Weekly Digest
If you cast your minds back a couple of pages you’ll recall our armour plated Alfred F. Lichtenstein, and our next legendary collector doesn’t just share his christian name with our sheild-bearer, he quite literally walked the same streets and pavements. Alfred H....
