par Devlan Kruck | Mai 15, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Once upon a time, in a faraway-land called China, there lived a Emperor called Guangxu, who wanted to send a Jewel from his Crown to the beautiful Princess ‘Caroline’ who lived in a castle in a place many oceans and lands away called Germany. The Emperor...
par Devlan Kruck | Mai 14, 2020 | collectionneurs célèbres, Weekly Digest
So we’ve established that our Duke owed much of his success to our trailblazing Prince. And if Ferrary is forever entwined with Tapling, then Tapling will forever be indebted to our next Philatelic Legend, William E. Image (1807 – 1903). The first thing you...
par Devlan Kruck | Mai 8, 2020 | collectionneurs célèbres, Weekly Digest
Having just marvelled at Ferrary, you might be thinking ‘where can we go now’? Surely it is all downhill from here on in? And that is a reasonable assumption. Particularly in light of the way the last page ended, with the scattering of the world’s...
par Devlan Kruck | Mai 8, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Let’s ‘face’ it, none of us are getting to the barbers or beauty salons at the moment. I’ve been hauled up in a house with three ladies for the last four weeks and although it matters little that my male grooming has slipped a grade or two,...
par Devlan Kruck | Mai 1, 2020 | collectionneurs célèbres, Weekly Digest
Here’s a confession. In putting this series of articles together, I’ve been looking forward to this one in particular. And being candid I wanted to call this ‘The Philatelic King’, but the trouble is, as you well know, there are a number of proper...
