par Ricky Verra | Avr 29, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Despite the global restrictions we at David Feldman are continuing to receive excellent consignments for our October and December auctions, as well as being tasked with offering items for sale by private treaty. With our reputation for having sold more high-quality...
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 Ricky Verra | Avr 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...
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...
par Ricky Verra | Avr 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...
par Ricky Verra | Avr 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...
par Estelle Leclere | Avr 9, 2020 | Actualités, article
L’équipe de philatélistes de notre maison de vente s’agrandit avec l’arrivée de Gabriel Rheinert. Agé de 26 ans seulement, Gabriel est diplômé d’un master en gestion et management international, mais il a déjà 8 ans d’expérience en tant que négociant de timbres...
par admin | Avr 8, 2020 | Actualités, article
Notre passion pour ces petits papiers carrés, rectangulaires et même triangulaires qui sont parfois encore gommés, sur des correspondances ou plus étrangement en paires inversées (têtes-bêches pour les intimes) étonne encore et toujours. Dans ces heures difficiles, où...
par admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Actualités, Actualités
Nos ventes sont maintenues Après avoir pris les mesures nécessaires pour protéger nos employés et confirmé notre capacité à servir nos clients en toute sécurité, nous tenons à vous informer que nos ventes aux enchères prévues fin mars et début avril auront bien lieu....
par Estelle Leclere | Mar 11, 2020 | Actualités, Articles, Actualités
David Feldman SA a le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination de Fernando Martínez dans son équipe philatélique à Genève. Fernando occupera un rôle de premier plan au sein de l’équipe en se concentrant sur le développement des activités mondiales de l’entreprise, le...
