by Devlan Kruck | Sep 19, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
Whilst the legendary collector series has endeavoured to be reasonably chronological, with the odd rewind and fastforward, there are special moments in time when circumstances require that the normal pattern of things should halt to honour the passing of a great....
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 27, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
Our next instalment of philatelic greatness is a man whose collection was as monumental as many of the true stamp legends we have already highlighted, such as Ferrary, Hind and Caspary. Josiah K Lilly Jnr (1893 to 1966), an American Philatelist, amassed a collection...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 27, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release
The David Feldman SA Spring Auction Series went ahead 13-17th June in temperatures of over 30° in Geneva throughout the week, and the highlights, or hot-lights, were that we auctioned more than 5000 lots for over 3 millions in sales, with almost 70% of our Overseas...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 27, 2022 | Auction Highlights, Latest News & Press Release
Our Autumn Auction series 2022 will be held between December 5th to 9th in Geneva and we are particularly excited to announce the availability of material in this upcoming auction from The Hausman Collection of the World which will be a single-owner featured...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 27, 2022 | Rarities
It might surprise a few of you to know that in the world of US philately some of the most popular stamps are from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition pictorial issue. These bi-colour stamps of six values were produced to commemorate a world fair held at Buffalo, New...
by Eva Mondehard | Jun 14, 2022 | Auction Highlights
Genuine old time collections of the world with mint and used classic material in vintage albums, do not come to the auction market very often. In fact, they are extraordinarily rare, as any dealer, auctioneer or even experienced collector will verify. The reality is...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 2, 2022 | Auction Highlights
If you’re going to cut a Empire Laureate 80c postal adhesive into four equal parts and be left with one of those parts I guess it’s better to have the top left-hand corner as the piece you have on a cover. That way you have the forehead and part of the profile, an eye...
by Devlan Kruck | May 27, 2022 | Auction Highlights, Rarities
One of the curious things about philately is the fascination with errors. Or is it the fascination with how the errors occurred? Probably both, but whatever the reasons the featured stamp, which is the South Australia 1868 “3 PENCE” on 4d deep ultramarine with the...
by Devlan Kruck | May 26, 2022 | Auction Highlights
In the world of philately it can sometimes be easy to take for granted the wonderful array of stamps we have to study and enjoy. Often we appreciate the elegance and rarity of a particular set of stamps but perhaps don’t really know how they came about or their...
by Devlan Kruck | May 25, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release
In the beautiful surroundings of Lugano the Helvetia 2022 World Stamp Exhibition went ahead during 18th to 22nd MAY 2022 and the David Feldman SA team were there to meet clients, present our Italian auction catalogue material for viewing as well as present our...
by Devlan Kruck | May 24, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
Now by rights our next legendary collector should make his entrance later in the show, because he was with us for much of the last century and part of this and we’ve only just got to the late 60’s. However, for a very important reason we must meet John R Boker Jnr...
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...
