da Devlan Kruck | Nov 29, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
A distinguishing feature of our philatelic legends is their expertise in stamps which has been gained through thousands of hours of study and application. This resulted in the formulation of world-class collections which were later sold, leaving behind an indelible...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 29, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Once upon a time, in the fifty-first year of the eighteen hundreds, in the commune of Mézières in the region of Ardennes in northern France, an aspiring thespian by the name of Gabriel left his cottage as the sun rose on a frosty February morning. Clutching a letter...
da Marcus Orsi | Nov 29, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
What a wonderful city Athens is? I was so privileged to be present at the recent NOTOS exhibition and witness the coming together of 11 of the 13 recorded Solferino stamps of the Large Hermes Heads (Note all 13 are listed on the Museum of Philately website...
da Devlan Kruck | Nov 2, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Our Rarity of the Month article takes a closer look at our latest Private Treaty offering, which is a collection of the 1854 India First Issue Half Anna Blue and One Anna Red. It is a specialised study attractively and knowledgeable mounted and written up on...
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 28, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
The news we bring this month is a tantalising triple tremor of exciting headlines – the first of which is the gratifying announcement that the European Philatelic Exhibition, NOTOS 2021, is going ahead in Athens, Greece, from the 19th to 22nd November 2021. The...
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 28, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
As the stardust settles on another fairytale auction of celebrated British Guiana material, there is always a tendency to shine the spotlight solely upon the superstar material which perhaps breached the upper five figure and even the six figure price barrier. And for...
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 26, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
There’s been a lot of news surrounding the great philatelic principality of British Guiana in recent months, and although there are sometimes lulls in such headlines from what is an iconic stamp producing British Colony, they are few and far between, not least because...
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 18, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release
On October 14th, 2021 we had the great honour to auction the “Imperium” Collection of British Guiana, which included all the treasures from the Grand Prix winning John E. du Pont Collection we sold in 2014. This unique offering seized the imagination of an exclusive...
da David Feldman RDP(I), FRPSL | Ott 18, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release
Karol was not just a long time employee, helper, assistant, consultant, advisor but most significantly he was my friend. In my first trips and many of those that followed to Los Angeles in the 1980’s he was at the airport to greet me and take care of me all the time....
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 5, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
The importance of the British Guiana “Cotton Reels” to the philately of the British Empire, and indeed to the world of rarities, can not be overestimated. These Primitive stamps were produced in four values – 2c, 4c, 8c and 12c – during 1850 to 1851 and...
da admin | Ott 2, 2021 | Articoli
The good news this month is Autumn Stampex in London went ahead as planned last week, and just to qualify it was a ‘physical’ show and not a ‘virtual’ incarnation. The reason for defining is because the last two scheduled shows were cancelled due to the pandemic and...
da Devlan Kruck | Ott 1, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
The British Guiana Cotton Reels are among the World’s rarest stamps and these Primitives are scarcely, if ever, described as ‘attractive’ but we take a closer look at one example which most definitely can be called a ‘beauty’. There was once a notable 17th century...
