da Devlan Kruck | Set 30, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
There are no shortage of intriguing stories surrounding the colourful life of John E. du Pont (1938 to 2010). An American, heir to the famous Dupont family fortune, he was a multimillionaire philanthropist, who set up an Olympic wrestling training facility at his...
da admin | Set 23, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release
It will be good to see you again! Our entire team of specialists are super excited to meet you next week at Stampex face to face after an absence of over 18 months. This will be a fully interactive physical show, and not the virtual equivalent we have enjoyed in the...
da Ricky Verra | Ago 24, 2021 | Articoli, Rarities
The Spanish-American War took place between April 21st and August 13th, 1898. The main issue was Cuban independence where revolts had been occurring for some years against the Spanish colonial rule. By the late 1890s, American public opinion swayed in support of the...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 23, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Latest News & Press Release
If you’ve tuned into the world news this month you’ll have noticed that the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific have featured a fair amount of weather related topics – notwithstanding the obvious smattering of pandemic and Covid soundbites. But if hurricanes,...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 23, 2021 | Auction Highlights
Crossing the Atlantic has been a fascination for many centuries. Industry and communications have relied upon an ability to navigate the challenges that lay between Europe and America and the America’s and the rest of the world. Technological advancements have from...
da Devlan Kruck | Ago 23, 2021 | Famous Philatelists
Isn’t it funny how certain facts about a legendary collector get caught in your mind, even when they appear superfluous to the philatelic tale? And Ernest R. Ackerman (1863 to 1931), a New York born, American Philatelist, and US Congressman, has plenty of relevant...
da Devlan Kruck | Lug 26, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
There are a set of Primitive British Guiana stamps that don’t get the attention, or level of limelight these days, that their famous predecessors receive, despite them being rare and having a fascinating history. They also offer a treasure trove of varieties and...
da Devlan Kruck | Lug 26, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Last month we had a little interlude from our usual legendary collector series and although we said we’d return henceforth and unveil the intrepid J Harvey Pirie in this episode, we are in fact taking a small detour to introduce you to a great philatelic star from the...
da Devlan Kruck | Lug 23, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
If there was such a phrase as a ‘philatelist’s philatelist’ then you’d expect the qualities the said stamp person would possess would be those that made them revered by other philatelists rather than with coin collectors. And throughout philatelic history there have...
da admin | Lug 21, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
David Feldman International Auctioneers has strengthened its team with the appointment of Jean-Jacques Tillard as one of our international representatives. Jean-Jacques is an expert, member of the European Academy of Philately, the Monte Carlo Club and many other...
da Devlan Kruck | Giu 28, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release
There are times when a story doesn’t really need telling, it speaks for itself. And to a certain extent that is the case with our June Spring 2021 auction series, which successfully concluded just over a week ago, and this article could quite easily be distilled into...
da Devlan Kruck | Giu 28, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release
Back in that glimmering fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, April, we called your attention to the approaching auction of Russia Zemstvo issues, which was a mere fragment, albeit a sumptuous anthology, of a wide-ranging offering of Russia that included The...
