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If you\u2019re into wrestling then here\u2019s an \u2018Inverted brainbuster<\/em>\u2019*<\/strong> for you. The world\u2019s most valuable stamp is the \u20181856\u2019 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta and, as you probably know, it was previously owed by the American philanthropist John duPont from 1980, before selling in 2014 for $9.5m. John duPont\u2019s British Guiana collection was sold by David Feldman SA in the same year. In stamp folklore duPont was a mega philatelist, and a canny buyer. He bid anonymously in the 1980 auction when he won the One-Cent Magenta and paid what was big money back then at $935,000 for what is a tiny piece of British Guiana. As it turned out, that was a diminutive stake given its return, although, as you are about to find out, he didn\u2019t benefit from that world record uplift.<\/p>\n Sadly, and it\u2019s easy to forget, duPont was actually a convicted murderer who was jailed for shooting an Olympic gold medal \u2018wrestling\u2019 champion Dave Schultz in 1996, and duPont subsequently died in detention, aged 72, in December 2010. But notwithstanding his absence from the world and philately in 2014, his estate didn\u2019t receive much of the $9.5m from that world record sale either. Let me explain\u2026<\/p>\n According to duPont’s \u2018Will\u2019 <\/em>\u2013\u00a0 which was challenged by several parties unsuccessfully \u2013 80% of the sale proceeds from his stamp collection were to go to the family of Bulgarian wrestler Valentin Jordanov Dimitrov. What he has to do with all this I\u2019m not sure, but he\u2019s very rich thanks to the world of philately. Something I\u2019m sure he never anticipated when he embarked on his \u2018wrestling\u2019 career.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb5px||0px|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb10px|||||\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n And, do you know what? That\u2019s not all he received, because David Feldman SA did a splendid job selling duPont’s British Guiana collection in the same year and the same de facto arrangement existed for this award winning British Guiana exhibit as applied to One-Cent Magenta. Our featured cover was lot 60089 on the day, and is known as the \u201cBarlow\u201d cover, which is the only recorded full cover with the extremely rare British Guiana Provisional 1856 4c black on blue.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Barlow-Cover.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbBarlow Cover\u00a0\u00bb align_tablet=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb align_phone=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb align_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|desktop\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb16px||19px|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n This sold for \u20ac240k before commission, just one single lot of what was a record breaking auction that surpassed all expectations, selling 100% of the lots for a total price of over \u20ac6million, which equated to 500% above the pre-sale estimates.<\/p>\n Drawing breath for a minute, the \u201cBarlow\u201d cover was previously held in the collection of William Townsend (1904 to 1993), a legendary philatelist who according to the same above mentioned stamp folklore, was a British Guiana expert and entered onto the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1969. Towensend published a book called \u2018The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana<\/em>\u2019, which he wrote with FG Howe in 1970, and much of what is established on the subject derives from this study. But \u2018where is the \u201cBarlow\u201d cover now?\u2019 <\/em>I hear you ask. Well, a record of it is immortalised within the Museum of Philately for one, which contains the John duPont British Guiana collection in full technicolour on its original album pages and details the provenance of key rarities, along with the biographies of these two philatelists who both shared a fascination for this British colony on the northern coast of South America.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb5px||17px|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_5″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb||-25px|||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb||0px|||\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n But there\u2019s more to this story than a murdering American philanthropist, a millionaire Bulgarian wrestlers, and two world famous philatelists, and at this juncture it could well be know in wrestling circles as a double <\/em>\u2018Inverted brainbuster\u2019*. Because during the Virtual Stampex<\/a> Court of Honour Exhibition<\/strong><\/span>, being held October 1st to 3rd, hosted by the Museum of Philately<\/a><\/strong>, you\u2019ll be able to view the collection the \u2018Barlow\u2019 cover now resides within, along with what has been in the intervening period a much developed and extended collection, now incorporating pre-stamp material, and the later stamp issues. It even brings onto the stage \u2018The Miss Rose Cover<\/em>\u2019, the rarest stamp of all the British Guiana Cotton Reel issues; the 1850-51 2 cents black on rose, and boasts some blockbuster philatelists in it\u2019s provenance, such as; Duveen 1896, Hind 1934, and Dale-Lichtenstein 1969 to name but a few.<\/p>\n This really is a unique opportunity to see this collection, which is being displayed for the first time, because the British\u00a0 philatelists, Terry Green, who won\u2019t be a name too many of us have come across before, sadly passed away in 2020, prematurely taken from the world of philately before he had the opportunity to share what he had achieved.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb2_5″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Virtual-Stampex-Affiche.jpg\u00a0\u00bb alt=\u00a0\u00bbVirtual Stampex Affiche\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbVirtual Stampex Affiche\u00a0\u00bb url=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/stampex.vfairs.com\/\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb50%\u00a0\u00bb width_phone=\u00a0\u00bb60%\u00a0\u00bb width_last_edited=\u00a0\u00bbon|phone\u00a0\u00bb module_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb29px|||||\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb1px||23px|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.5.3″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb||0px|||\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n However, exclusively being shown, along with other world class exhibits, you can learn more about Terry Green and his British Guiana exhibit during the Virtual Stampex.<\/p>\n I guess in a way \u2018wrestling\u2019 is much like a \u2018virtual exhibition\u2019. It features some colourful \u2018characters\u2019, and is professionally choreographed to maximise the thrill and enjoyment for the audience.<\/strong> And to get your free ringside seat all you have to do is pull-up yours in front of a computer or tablet, or even sit down with a mobile device. Whilst I can\u2019t promise there won\u2019t be the odd inverted watermark, I can absolutely guarantee there will be no \u2018Inverted brainbusters\u2019!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *<\/strong>The wrestler begins behind and facing a standing opponent. The wrestler then pulls the head of the opponent back and applies an inverted facelock to the opponent with one arm. The wrestler then places his\/her other arm under the lower back of the opponent, then uses that arm to elevate the opponent until they are vertical. The wrestler then jumps up and falls down on his\/her back, driving the head of the opponent to the mat. 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