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 Ricky Verra | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles, Auction Highlights
Below is an extract from the “Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps” by L. N. Williams, vol.1, p.289-291, about the Uganda Missionary stamps produced by Reverend Millar on his typewriter. The examples illustrated below will feature in our upcoming June 13th-17th...
by Eva Mondehard | Apr 26, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release
Our auction catalogues are now prepared ready for printing and will soon be on their way to clients, as well as our online auction catalogue will shortly be available to view. Our philatelists will take to the road between now and the auction week in June. You can...
by Estelle Leclere | Apr 20, 2022 | Articles
HOW TO CONSIGN WITH US ? Consigning your stamps with us selling them in our auctions is very easy. Just follow the steps below. Watch Video STAGE 1: VALUATION The first step when considering selling your collection is to have it estimated by one of our specialists....
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 Ricky Verra | Mar 23, 2022 | Articles, Auction Highlights
Below is part 1 of our collectors’ guide to the stamps of the 1924 Paris Olympics, which features items from our previous and more importantly our upcoming auction series on June 13th-17th 2022. At the 1921 IOC Session in Lausanne, the French Olympic Committee ...
by Devlan Kruck | Mar 22, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release
If you cast your minds back to the 18th February the UK was being battered by Storm Eunice, causing widespread damage to property and disrupting travel by train, plane and automobile. The timing of this weather front could not have been worse for the already windswept...
by Ricky Verra | Mar 21, 2022 | Articles, Auction Highlights
Below is an extract from the “Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps” by L. N. Williams, vol.1, p.110-111, about the inverted overprint on the Goverment Parcels 1900 1s green & carmine. The example illustrated will feature in our upcoming June...
by Devlan Kruck | Mar 21, 2022 | Famous Philatelists
You don’t often write about the difference between a ‘flying spin*’ and a ‘flat spin**’ in a philatelic article, but Major Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont CBE DSO (1884 to 1965), who was a British Philatelist, could tell you the difference between these two ‘terms’ with...
by Devlan Kruck | Feb 17, 2022 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
The headline news this month is the London 2022 International Stamp Show, being held at the Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH; which gets underway on Saturday 19th, and continues until Saturday 26th February 2022. David Feldman International Auctioneers will...
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 | Feb 17, 2022 | Auction Highlights, Latest News & Press Release
The Italian Affair of Sān Mén Bay China, in 1899, might be an event some think insignificant and others may wish to forget, but if historians are correct then this brief diplomatic and military incident is actually a much more significant matter than it appears at...
