by Devlan Kruck | Sep 30, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
There are no shortage of intriguing stories surrounding the colourful life of John E. du Pont (1938 to 2010). An American, heir to the famous Dupont family fortune, he was a multimillionaire philanthropist, who set up an Olympic wrestling training facility at his...
by Devlan Kruck | Aug 23, 2021 | Famous Philatelists
Isn’t it funny how certain facts about a legendary collector get caught in your mind, even when they appear superfluous to the philatelic tale? And Ernest R. Ackerman (1863 to 1931), a New York born, American Philatelist, and US Congressman, has plenty of relevant...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 26, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Last month we had a little interlude from our usual legendary collector series and although we said we’d return henceforth and unveil the intrepid J Harvey Pirie in this episode, we are in fact taking a small detour to introduce you to a great philatelic star from the...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 28, 2021 | Famous Philatelists
It’s a common misconception that philately is a male dominated activity. Indeed, the history books tell us a different story, because there have been females collecting stamps since its inception back in the late 1850s, and the philatelic records illustrate there are...
by Devlan Kruck | May 20, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
So we’ve rescued a fellow philatelist from exile and put to rights the dearth of stamp related matter on King Carol II, and now find ourselves featuring a man that there is an abundant sufficiency of material written. The trick here will be to sort the wheat from the...
