by Devlan Kruck | Nov 10, 2021 | News, Rarities
The term “Se-tenant” in philately describes unseparated stamps and labels printed from the same plate in a pair, strip or block which have a different design, colour, denomination or overprint. Se-Tenant is a French word which means “joined together”. Se-tenant stamps...
by Devlan Kruck | Sep 12, 2021 | News
The abbreviation ‘EKD’ is frequently used in auction catalogues, exhibits and reference books, and means ‘Earliest Known Date. In philately, and in particular Postal History, it relates to a particular stamp, cover, postmark or other associated aspect of the delivery...
by Devlan Kruck | Sep 9, 2021 | News
The well informed collector among us will be aware that Stampex International will be taking place between Wednesday 29th September and Saturday 2nd October 2021, and after an absence of over 18 months this will be a fully interactive physical show, and not the...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 26, 2021 | News
The Museum of Philately teamed up with Stamp Collector Magazine and the allaboutstamps.co.uk website to deliver the first in a new five part webinar series, called ‘Adventures in Philately’, which explores and explains the world of stamps and celebrates stamp...
by Devlan Kruck | Jul 7, 2021 | News
The word ‘Bisect’ in philately refers to a stamp which is cut into two ‘equal’ halves, both of which are used for postage and crucially each half of the bisect has a postage value of half the original face value of the stamp. Often bisect stamps are used when there is...
by Devlan Kruck | Jun 28, 2021 | News
Experts from the Museum of Philately in partnership with Stamp Collector Magazine brings you a new and exciting webinar series. 19th July 2021 at 6.30pm Fakes, Forgeries & Funnies Whether it’s defrauding the postal authorities, or the endeavours of criminals...
