by Devlan Kruck | Sep 19, 2022 | Rarities
Here’s a stamp question for you. What makes a common and inexpensive Newfoundlands 1919 3c Brown Caribou stamp outrageously more valuable? If you answer; ‘the overprint’, then you are partly correct, in that the Postmaster J. A. Robinson of St. John’s...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 27, 2022 | Rarities
It might surprise a few of you to know that in the world of US philately some of the most popular stamps are from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition pictorial issue. These bi-colour stamps of six values were produced to commemorate a world fair held at Buffalo, New...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 2, 2022 | Auction Highlights
If you’re going to cut a Empire Laureate 80c postal adhesive into four equal parts and be left with one of those parts I guess it’s better to have the top left-hand corner as the piece you have on a cover. That way you have the forehead and part of the profile, an eye...
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 | 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...
