by Devlan Kruck | Oct 26, 2022 | Rarities
It may at times occur to the philatelist that there is a rather romantic synergy between the magical shores of the Mauritius island and the mystical stamps of the “Post Office” issue. And one could equally draw parallels with the now more than rare native bird of that...
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 20, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
There are many times in life that the saying, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” applies, but in the case of our next legendary collector Louise Boyd Dale (1913 to 1967) an American philatelist and the daughter of our shield-bearing legend Alfred F....
by Devlan Kruck | Mar 27, 2021 | Articles
Everything you need to know about the rare 1847 Post Office stamps of Mauritius and their value….. This humble looking copper plate, which is the original 1847 Mauritius ‘Post Office’ printing plate, sold for 1’300’000’ Euros at auction in 2016. If you want to know...
by Ricky Verra | Oct 8, 2020 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
Our October 27th-28th auction series will feature the second and final part of the “Tatiana” collection of Mauritius, which will offer 44 lots of the “Dardenne” issues. So-called, because the engraving of these 1d and 2d values was made by...
