by Devlan Kruck | Sep 16, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
It is difficult to locate two more contrasting figures in the world of philately than the difference between our next Legendary Collector John N. Luff (1860 to 1938) and our last Arthur Hind. Whilst they inhabited the same golden philatelic era and even walked the...
by Devlan Kruck | Sep 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...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 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...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 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...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 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...
