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Topical collecting is a specialty field necessitated by certain collectors who figure it is best to acquire stamps that represent their passion. If your passion…

I waxed enthusiastic some time ago about the columns on worldwide stamps that writer Lawrence Block wrote for Linn's. Mr. Block has aggregated said columns…

This work contains in-text citations. By Dr. Nilaish (Sometime Fellow of Royal Numismatic Society, London) There are two citations from the Bible written in 1611…

ABSTRACT Investing in collectible postage stamps are not only gain monetary profit but would be enlarged circle of influence as well as personality and behaviour.…

GeoffHa on the Stamp Community discussion group alerts us that Yvert is publishing the third edition of its Les Classiques du Monde 2020. Cost is…

Even though I rarely have anything useful to say these days, you can always count on me for at least two posts per year: April…

Disclaimer: It is hard to come up with a list of top 10 worthy Ancient Indian coins! I have tried to study auction results and…

It is hard to believe that ten successive auctions have come and gone. In my last post about the third auction I had noted that…

I've written about these albums several times. They were intended as supplements to the Brown Internationals between release of the latest bound volumes. For those…

Update on 22 Sep 2019: Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary celebrations were kicked of in October last year and will continue until late 2020, a…

Having held two successful auctions now, it is time to introduce more high value material. In this week's sale there are multiple stamps cataloguing over…

Last week's auction saw spiritied bidding by a small handful of customers and new participants. The auction program that I chose turned out to have…

It has been many months since I have written a post. The business went through a difficult period and I had to focus all my…

Bosnia - Republika Srpska: EUROPA 2019 issue, which is (as I think), one of the best, if not, only best issue, with GREAT design, where artist…

Last April Fools' Day, I did a silly post on completing a Big Blue Volume One. Long time reader Bud was inspired by my post…

1885 - Mozambique Stationery D. Luís I. 20 reis. Circulated registered from Lourenço Marques (22/02/1899) to Johannesburg (25/02/1899) with additional "Overprinted Mozambique Revenue Stamps" 50…

...Browns but no one does anything about it. No wait, that can't be the case. I surely mean the Blue International Volume One that only…

Rupees Fifty banknote was first introduced on 16th September 1975. The new note depicted the Parliament Building at New Delhi having a bare Flag-pole, i.e.,…

Flags in Grief:  Flags at Half-Mast, Flag draped Caskets & Funeral Cortege. Flag at Half-Mast or Half-Staff The origin of the custom of lowering a…

On 5 April 2019 Michel published a new catalog titled MICHEL Raritäten: Marken, die Sie kennen sollten! Cost is around 30 Euros. To quote from…