by Marcus Orsi | Oct 26, 2023 | Articles, Auction Highlights
David Feldman from his parent’s house in Rathfarnham and later in his first office at Leinster Road started the amazing journey with Irish postal history and Irish stamps with his two award-winning books the ‘Handbook of Irish Philately’ by David Feldman in 1968 and...
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 Marcus Orsi | Jun 6, 2023 | Auction Highlights
At auction on June 27th, 2023 Murray began collecting any GB overprinted material that came his way but soon moved to concentrate on King Edward VII, Seahorses and anything Morocco Agencies. Not content with simply collecting, he was determined to study the material,...
by Marcus Orsi | Jun 6, 2023 | Auction Highlights
The beauty of our hobby is that we not only get to handle items of great interest and study history through philately, but we have the opportunity to meet wonderful people. I first met Bernard Clancy, or, as everyone called him, Barney, way back in the early 1980ʼs...
by Eva Mondehard | May 25, 2023 | Articles, Auction Highlights
The Bull’s Eye issue was so named as the design of the value figures inside an oval setting had the appearance of a bull’s eye, and was issued on 1st August 1843; it was therefore the second stamp issue which was not a local issue after the Penny Black in 1840. The...
by Estelle Leclere | May 23, 2023 | Auction Highlights, Latest News & Press Release
The Royal Decree of August 6, 1764 by King Carlos III established the new rules for mail delivered to and from the Spanish colonies, and on November 1st, 1764, the official mail operation of the Royal Maritime Service between Spain and America was started. Until then,...
