Star lot of the Robert A Siegel auction on March 3-5 in New York, was a well-centred example of the most famous of all US errors, the 1918 24c Inverted Jenny. From position 95 of the original sheet of 100 stamps, it sold for $230,000. Siegel described the stamp (pictured) as having rich colours and with better centring than many in the sheet. It has … Continue reading Position 95 Inverted Jenny sold for $230,000
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POSTEUROP has announced that Armenia and Slovenia issued the Most Beautiful Europa Bird stamps in 2019. The public online vote, which polled a record 25,000-plus votes, selected the Armenia stamp as the most beautiful, followed by Turkey, and Finland. The jury vote however, comprising six philatelic experts, preferred the stamp from Slovenia, with secondly Liechtenstein, and Finland again third. This year’s Europa stamp theme is … Continue reading Last year’s most beautiful bird stamps in Europe are from Armenia and Slovenia
On Tuesday November 26, Her Majesty the Queen visited 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BW, to open officially the new headquarters of The Royal Philatelic Society London. Her Majesty was greeted by The Lord Mayor, Alderman William Russell as Lord Lieutenant, who presented Richard Stock FRPSL, President of the Society, to Her Majesty together with Peter Cockburn FRPSL and Mike Roberts FRPSL, Vice-Presidents, and Patrick … Continue reading The Queen opens new RPSL headquarters
