da Estelle Leclere | Nov 7, 2011 | Articoli
In 1921 through 1923, the current Cyprus definitives picturing King George V were issued on paper watermarked multiple crowns and script “CA.” De La Rue, the printers, had prepared for a Half Piastre value, but it was apparently not ordered, and perhaps...
da Estelle Leclere | Set 21, 2011 | Articoli
The first issues of Europe during the Classic period started as a novelty, as news of the “Penny Black” and its financial success spread quickly, to a subject for debate and law-making (to define an adhesive stamp’s uses and context), to essays and...
da Estelle Leclere | Ago 9, 2011 | Articoli
A new way of collecting stamps as “topics” was born around the years of the Second World War. Previously there had been minor interests such as “Red Cross” or some historical event. Apart from “Airmails”, the sudden development of...
da Estelle Leclere | Lug 13, 2011 | Articoli
David Feldman is proud to be able to offer a part of the John Loaring Jr. collection of Olympic Memorabilia in our upcoming Feldman Express Online Auctions. Many collectors will be aware of John Loaring Jr. as an avid collector of Olympic Memorabilia – indeed his 1936...
da Estelle Leclere | Giu 16, 2011 | Articoli
When David Feldman first began holding auctions, the majority of “serious” philatelists had as their primary objective the filling up of all the blank spaces in printed albums. Of course, if a nice multiple or cover should come to hand, it could be...
da Estelle Leclere | Mag 19, 2011 | Articoli
King Carol I of Romania Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born a German prince in 1839, of a family closely related to the Prussian throne. As a second son, his early career was in the Prussian military, serving with distinction...
