„The Evening Post Jersey“ – A piece of postal history
2022 – KW 5 „The Evening Post Jersey“ - A piece of postal history 8 newspapers "The Evening Post Jersey", all with a wrapper sent as field mail to "Dr.…
10 guilder coin 1935 from Gdansk
2022 – Week 2 10 guilder coin 1935 from Gdansk Between 1814 and the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, Gdansk belonged to Prussia. According to Article 100 et…
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2021 – Week 51 Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht „Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht“ („Silent Night, Holy Night) is certainly one of the most famous Christmas carols in the world. It has been…
Venezuela 1861: color error of the ½ r first issue
2021 – Week 49 Venezuela 1861: color error of the ½ r first issue The first issues of Venezuela, barely larger than a fingernail, have always fascinated collectors of the…
Philately as a contemporary witness
2021 – Week 48 Philately as a contemporary witness During an appraisal of a collection, our philatelists came across a card dated 5.3.1941, which is interesting not only in philately,…
A very fine example of the one-cent black “full-face McKinley” Postal Card
2021 – Week 45 A very fine example of the one-cent black "full-face McKinley" Postal Card The Scott Catalogue prices the card without printed address at $14,000, versus $2,500.00 with…
“Samples without value”?
2021 – Week 44 "Samples without value"? „Samples without value“ are a particularly inexpensive form of dispatch by the Universal Postal Union. Franked lids of raisin boxes from the German…
Misprint under French administration
2021 – Week 41 Misprint under French administration After World War I, when the Saar region, an important location for the coal and steel industry, was placed under a League…
Overprint Issue “G.R. POST 6 CENTS MAFIA”
2021 – Week 39 Overprint Issue "G.R. POST 6 CENTS MAFIA" Germany and Great Britain exchanges Heligoland for Zanzibar in 1890. In the aftermath of this exchange the island MAFIA…
A must for every 2 Euro collector
2021 – Week 40 A must for every 2 Euro collector A must for every 2 euros collector: 2€ commemorative coins from the Principality of Monaco. Find in lot 1662…