da Devlan Kruck | Nov 25, 2020 | Articoli
As if to reflect the landlocked region that boasts the world’s highest mountain, our ‘Overseas & Latin America’ auction catalogue has nestled amongst Asian a special section on ‘Tibet – Everest Expeditions’. And if you scroll through this attractively...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 25, 2020 | Articoli
Just a few sentimental weeks ago we were reminiscing about Sean Connery’s role in the Bond movie ‘Goldfinger’, where we marvelled at the seemingly mystical, gravitational pull there is towards Geneva, and certainly back then our Prussian Blue cover fitted our...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 25, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
So, I’m going to backtrack here because having brought you up to date with Frederick J Melville’s contribution to philately during the early to mid 1900’s, I was about to introduce you to James L Lindsay, the Earl of Crawford, but you can’t do that unless you at least...
da Ricky Verra | Nov 12, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
The Basel Dove celebrated its 175th anniversary on July 1st this year. An exhibition in Basel planned to celebrate this momentous occasion in Swiss and indeed World philately earlier this month, but unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the developing Covid-19...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 12, 2020 | Articoli, Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
We’ve just spent a pleasant moment appreciating the philatelic landscape and the tree at the center of our horizon that represented our last legend Charles Lathrop Pack. Now we must turn our gaze inside the building from where we are standing and look around the...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 11, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
There was something smelly going on in late January 1855, and it all seemed to originate from the foul stink permeating from the Crimea War. The Duke of Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, was the Secretary of War for the British Government from June 1854 but resigned...
da Marcus Orsi | Nov 10, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
Our Winter auction series from November 30th to December 4th features a wealth of rare and beautiful Greek philatelic material in our All World and Rarities of the World catalogues. Read on to learn more about this fascinating area of philately. Browse the Greece Lots...
da Ricky Verra | Nov 5, 2020 | Articoli, Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
Our auctions last week saw a range of rare and interesting material go under the hammer, with several hundred bidders competing over the course of the two days with their bids on the book, the internet, the phone and through their auction agents bidding live via video...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
If you look out onto the philatelic landscape, our next legendary collector is the oak tree standing at the center of our vista, with a spectacular canopy of branches and foliage that reflects a pleasing hue upon all those that care to gaze and admire the view. ...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
With the very sad news that Sean Connery passed away this week, we thought it would be fitting to pay homage in some way to this iconic actor. And what better way than highlighting a cover that has a touch of James Bond about it, and connects us with the iconic film...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
In the world of babies, triplets, as you might expect, are a lot rarer than twins. Apparently there is a 0.1% chance of having triplets whereas a 0.45% chance of having twins, both of which are in fact better odds than winning the jackpot in a lottery. Which depending...
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 22, 2020 | Famous Philatelists
It’s not often you can say here’s a philatelist you’d trust with your life, and not only that this gentleman brings a lifetime of heroics and some Arab spice to the affair. Oh, and if that isn’t enough, then he also enables us to slot into our postage portrayals three...
