by Devlan Kruck | Oct 5, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
The importance of the British Guiana “Cotton Reels” to the philately of the British Empire, and indeed to the world of rarities, can not be overestimated. These Primitive stamps were produced in four values – 2c, 4c, 8c and 12c – during 1850 to 1851 and...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 23, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Latest News & Press Release
If you’ve tuned into the world news this month you’ll have noticed that the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific have featured a fair amount of weather related topics – notwithstanding the obvious smattering of pandemic and Covid soundbites. But if hurricanes,...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 23, 2021 | Auction Highlights
Crossing the Atlantic has been a fascination for many centuries. Industry and communications have relied upon an ability to navigate the challenges that lay between Europe and America and the America’s and the rest of the world. Technological advancements have from...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 26, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
There are a set of Primitive British Guiana stamps that don’t get the attention, or level of limelight these days, that their famous predecessors receive, despite them being rare and having a fascinating history. They also offer a treasure trove of varieties and...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 28, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Rarities
In the northeastern Shandong province of the People’s Republic of China there is a coastal city called Yantai, which during the Qing dynasty (1644 to 1912) was known as Chefoo. What’s really fascinating about this fishing seaport is that back in the 1870s, when...
by Devlan Kruck | May 22, 2021 | Auction Highlights, Weekly Digest
To many people, a tree is a tree. However, if you’re a botanist then there is a bit more to it than that. For starters, trees are perennial plants with a trunk, branches and leaves and there are around 100,000 different species, and even if you select just one of...
