by Devlan Kruck | May 3, 2021 | Rarities
To celebrate the 181st birthday of the world’s first postage stamp we take a closer look at what the Museum of Philately has to show on this iconic adhesive. The most common misconception about the Great Britain 1840 Penny Black is that it’s a rare stamp. Icon yes,...
by Devlan Kruck | Apr 29, 2021 | Rarities
They say that if you want to discover real beauty you have to look beyond the appearance and delve beneath the surface. Well, this multi-million US$ stamp certainly provides a lesson in not judging a stamp by its looks…….find out what makes it so very beautiful and...
by Devlan Kruck | Mar 31, 2021 | Rarities
A question that repeatedly gets asked is, “what are the ten world’s most expensive stamps?” or to put it another way, “what are the world’s top ten rarities?”. It’s an interesting question which isn’t as straightforward to answer as you might think. Whilst it is...
by Devlan Kruck | Jan 2, 2021 | Collectors, Rarities
In the first of our Museum of Philately ‘behind the scenes’ we take a closer look at a story not often talked about when discussing the world’s most expensive stamp and one of the elite Philatelists who held the world record breaking postal adhesive in his collection....
by Devlan Kruck | May 2, 2020 | Rarities
Are you any good at spotting the odd ‘one’ out? What if there was a sheet of 100 stamps, all the same colour and design, and exactly the same appearance, except for one which has a couple of very subtle differences, do you think you’d notice? You might well spot it if...
