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...
by Devlan Kruck | May 29, 2021 | News
The word ‘Revenues’ in philately refers to the adhesive labels (stamps) which are issued for the collection of taxes on documents or fees, licences and duty applied in the country of origin. T hese can, for example, cover property, firearms, hunting, drugs, medicine,...
by Devlan Kruck | May 6, 2021 | News
Retro is definitely popular at the moment, and here’s a bit of futuristic but retro nostalgia for you. Star War! Mega movie released in 1977 and was the highest grossing film of that year, netting a whopping US $221,280,994, which was almost double the takings of the...
by Devlan Kruck | May 6, 2021 | News
From the news that a famous shoe designer to the stars is selling the world famous British Guiana 1c Magenta, and left his owner mark on the back, as well as selling his unique Inverted Jenny block, to a feature about the magic of Virtual Stampex, to the world famous...
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 28, 2021 | News
A Removed Imprimatur in short is a missing stamp from the Imprimatur sheet. The longer explanation is whenever a printing plate of stamps was laid down, ready to be used, an impression of the entire plate on the same paper, and in the appropriate colour to be used for...
