da Devlan Kruck | Set 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
The trouble with ‘perspective’ is that you tend to evaluate events, such as the 1906 Olympic Games (later uncredited by the IOC), through the eye of your own understanding. That approach, as I’ve discovered, is destined to produce false starts, sprinting in the wrong...
da Devlan Kruck | Set 2, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
If our last legendary collector was known for his genial, likable personality, and his benevolent spirit prompted him to be affectionately known as ‘Uncle Henry’, then our next heavyweight on the philatelic stage; Arthur Hind (1856–1933), a English textile...
da Ricky Verra | Ago 27, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
Our online auction of China features 198 lots, including Large Dragons, Treaty Ports, Dowager Empress issues with highlights including imperforate between varieties, Red Revenues, Gold and Silver Yuan Issues and a strong section of PRC. It starts at 10am CET on...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 24, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
In 1989 an English gentleman working ironically in Switzerland, almost in David Feldman’s backyard, developed the ‘World Wide Web’, and at that time there were no public users of the system we call today ‘the web’. It was a humble beginning. Just one person connecting...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 19, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
If you’re into wrestling then here’s an ‘Inverted brainbuster’* for you. The world’s most valuable stamp is the ‘1856’ British Guiana One-Cent Magenta and, as you probably know, it was previously owed by the American philanthropist John duPont from 1980, before...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 17, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
So we’ve just painted a picture of the King at the head of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelist, and admired the landscape in which George V inhabited, with those majestic royal blue albums he so skillfully sculpted. And the next portrait we must sketch out is a man...
da Ricky Verra | Ago 13, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
On September 1st we are proud to present two online auctions, specialising in CHINA and EGYPT. Again we are offering a reduced buyer’s premium of 15% for those who pay within two weeks of the sale. Estimates range from €20 to several thousand Euros, so there is...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 5, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Ok, so far we’ve got eleven legendary collectors, including a duke, a lord and even a prince, most of the worlds greatest collections and huge sums of cash splashed all over the world. What’s missing? Two things. The first is the twelfth person. As you...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 3, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
‘Provenance’ has a practical application in the world of philately. It provides a chronology of the ownership for rare and valuable items, which is a powerful tool in establishing the authenticity of material being presented for exhibition or for sale. And, there’s...
da admin | Lug 29, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release
David Feldman SA is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre Wertheimer to its team of international agents. Born in Paris, Pierre began his philatelic career at the age of 13 at the “Carré Marigny”, the famous stamp market in Paris. At the age of...
da Tony Banwell | Lug 28, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
THE RE-DISCOVERY OF THE LEGENDARY AND UNIQUE 1915 $2 HALL OF CLASSICS BLOCK OF FOUR WITH CENTRE INVERTED After lying for decades unseen, one of the foremost Chinese, and indeed world, rarities has surfaced. I last had the privilege of seeing this icon of philately...
da Devlan Kruck | Lug 24, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
If you do your research there are quite a few doctors who clearly had a love for philately and contributed much to the hobby. And if you’ve been paying attention to these articles you’ll recall we introduced a Doctor not so long ago. Legend number 5...
