by Eva Mondehard | May 25, 2023 | Articles, Auction Highlights
The Bull’s Eye issue was so named as the design of the value figures inside an oval setting had the appearance of a bull’s eye, and was issued on 1st August 1843; it was therefore the second stamp issue which was not a local issue after the Penny Black in 1840. The...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
In the world of babies, triplets, as you might expect, are a lot rarer than twins. Apparently there is a 0.1% chance of having triplets whereas a 0.45% chance of having twins, both of which are in fact better odds than winning the jackpot in a lottery. Which depending...
by Ricky Verra | Jul 24, 2012 | Articles
This is the third extract in a series of articles about philatelic rarities taken from the Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, vol.1, pp.11-12, by L. N. Williams, published by David Feldman in 1992, with updates since its publication. The first issue of Brazil...
