by Ricky Verra | Sep 19, 2023 | Articles, Auction Highlights
This article pertains to the “Arden” collection of King Edward VII, scheduled to go up for auction in Geneva on October 4th. You can now find the lots available for online bidding at this link. When Queen Victoria died on January 22nd 1901, discussions on...
by Estelle Leclere | Mar 27, 2023 | Latest News & Press Release
We are delighted to announce that we have just received three major rarities for sale by Private Treaty. The prices are on request. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Guy Croton, Senior GB Philatelist at [email protected] The Famous...
by Ricky Verra | Jan 31, 2023 | Latest News & Press Release
The GB Overprint Society will be will be belatedly celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a display at the Royal Philatelic Society on Thursday 2nd February. 37 members of the society will be displaying 1-frame exhibits from 1pm this Thursday, covering a variety of...
by Ricky Verra | Mar 21, 2022 | Articles, Auction Highlights
Below is an extract from the “Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps” by L. N. Williams, vol.1, p.110-111, about the inverted overprint on the Goverment Parcels 1900 1s green & carmine. The example illustrated will feature in our upcoming June...
by Devlan Kruck | Mar 21, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
You don’t often write about the difference between a ‘flying spin*’ and a ‘flat spin**’ in a philatelic article, but Major Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont CBE DSO (1884 to 1965), who was a British Philatelist, could tell you the difference between these two ‘terms’ with...
