par Marcus Orsi | Juin 19, 2014 | Articles
A very rare 19th Century postage stamp from a former British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5m (£5.6m) at auction in New York. Full article and video can be seen through the following link:...
par Estelle Leclere | Juin 18, 2014 | Articles
The Economist explains Why rare stamps have become so valuable Jun 16th 2014 See the article here: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/06/economist-explains-9?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ee/whyrarestampssovaluable#sthash.mVvbDw2x.dpuf
par Estelle Leclere | Mai 15, 2014 | Articles
This is the fifth extract in a series of articles about philatelic rarities taken from the Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol.2, pp.21-26, by L. N. Williams, published by David Feldman in 1992, with updates since its publication. The compilation of...
par Estelle Leclere | Mai 8, 2014 | Articles
Tasmania was the 3rd colony in Australia to have issued postage stamps, subsequent to New South Wales and Victoria. The first issues known as the « Courier » for 1d and 4d values were issued on November 1, 1853. These stamps were engraved on the copper plates by C.W....
par Ricky Verra | Déc 2, 2013 | Articles
For nearly all of our history, David Feldman SA has included intact collections ranging from small specialised studies to prize-winning exhibit collections, sometimes offered as single lots (either at auction or via « private treaty »). The vast majority of these were...
par Ricky Verra | Nov 27, 2013 | Articles
Sometimes, despite the best intentions of the postal administration, things happen… In the small Hungarian town of Szigevar, at the end of January 1873, the post office ran out of the 5 Krajczar postage stamps – crucial to prepay inland single weight...
