par Devlan Kruck | Mai 1, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
You know a cover must be special when it appears in the auction catalogue named after a legendary collector like Maurice Burrus. Our featured cover was headed up “The Burrus Cover”, on page 38 of a David Feldman auction dated June 2014. And you get an even greater...
par Devlan Kruck | Avr 29, 2020 | collectionneurs célèbres, Weekly Digest
When you think about a ‘Judge’, it conjures up images of a lofty wigged individual, presiding over court proceedings, making weighty impartial decisions based upon the letter of the law. And Frederick Philbrick (1835 – 1910), or Judge Philbrick as...
par Devlan Kruck | Avr 29, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
We are all going to come out of this lockdown much better quiz contestants. Video calls are uniting families and friends separated by the COVID19 restrictions, and quizzes are a popular activity of an evening and over the weekends. With that in mind, here’s a quiz...
par Devlan Kruck | Avr 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...
par Devlan Kruck | Avr 21, 2020 | collectionneurs célèbres, 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...
