by Tony Banwell | Feb 16, 2021 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
As if our recent revelation of the re-discovery of the $2 Hall of Classics block with inverted centre were not enough, an earlier Chinese rarity of comparable importance has also now appeared….or, more accurately, re-appeared. The “Red Revenue” issues have intrigued...
by Devlan Kruck | Jan 22, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Rarities, Weekly Digest
Chapter One 1944 Stanisławów Ghetto – German occupied Poland This is an account of the events immediately following the Polish Resistance Army’s ‘Operation Tempest’ – a battle which defeated the German SS occupying Stanisławów Ghetto. There were...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 6, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Just imagine you’ve received an envelope with a letter inside that would incriminate you and the sender. What would you do? Would you burn it? That seems the most sensible action to take. Burn it and the incriminating cover is gone forever. No need to worry anymore....
by Devlan Kruck | Sep 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
The trouble with ‘perspective’ is that you tend to evaluate events, such as the 1906 Olympic Games (later uncredited by the IOC), through the eye of your own understanding. That approach, as I’ve discovered, is destined to produce false starts, sprinting in the wrong...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 19, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
If you’re into wrestling then here’s an ‘Inverted brainbuster’* for you. The world’s most valuable stamp is the ‘1856’ British Guiana One-Cent Magenta and, as you probably know, it was previously owed by the American philanthropist John duPont from 1980, before...
