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 | Apr 26, 2022 | Rarities
Western European nations began trading with Siam as early as 1511 with the arrival of the Portuguese, before the Dutch and British in 1608 and the French in 1662. It was not until 18th April 1855 that more formal trading agreements were established when Great Britain...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 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...
by Devlan Kruck | May 24, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
No philatelists ever wants to draw a connection between bird excrement and a rare 1858 Peru cover franked with a ‘Medio Peso’ error of colour, estimated at 20-30’000 EUR (lot 61683). However, the fact is without ‘guano’ which is the accumulated waste from seabirds and...
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 18, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
In the world of philosophy and indeed specifically science, they talk about ‘objective reality’. It apparently means that something is actual, or it exists independent of the mind. So in simple terms an objective reality is a universal truth that can be demonstrated...
