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 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 | Feb 17, 2022 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
There are a number of fascinating facts surrounding the Bermuda Postmaster Provisional 1861 Perot’s Second Issue. Firstly, they weren’t discovered until 1946, almost fifty years later than the discovery of Perot’s First Issue, and this is in a way testimony to their...
by Devlan Kruck | Jan 11, 2022 | Rarities
During our recent autumn 2021 auction series, there were a number of standout lots within the seven catalogues which attracted the eye of the discerning philatelist, and one item in particular, within the Italian States offering, received what can only be described...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 29, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Once upon a time, in the fifty-first year of the eighteen hundreds, in the commune of Mézières in the region of Ardennes in northern France, an aspiring thespian by the name of Gabriel left his cottage as the sun rose on a frosty February morning. Clutching a letter...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 2, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Our Rarity of the Month article takes a closer look at our latest Private Treaty offering, which is a collection of the 1854 India First Issue Half Anna Blue and One Anna Red. It is a specialised study attractively and knowledgeable mounted and written up on...
