I recently received a catalogue from Europe with a whole pane of low value stamps taking up the back. In this case, the post office didn’t even cancel them, I’m sure they just figured close enough, and sent it along. Continue reading →
The museum has even taken the effort to include some designs that never got off the board. This sort of exhibit does two things. First, it presents stamps in a manner that is interesting to average Canadians, who may consider the subject as dry as English toast. Secondly, it presents stamps as authentic pieces of... Continue reading →
We should be willing to look at our past, make apologies for wrongs done, and use the lessons learned to build on our goal of a good society. Continue reading →
A dealer told me once that his most valuable asset was not his inventory, but his library. The knowledge contained on those shelves was worth more than a truckload of stamps. Continue reading →
...Canada Post is losing money because of falling mail volumes, but there is a five-point plan to solve the problem. Continue reading →
Stamp collecting is a lot of things: a chance to build a collection, a source of knowledge, a way to compete, a way to invest, and even a business for some. But first and foremost it is a diversion and source of pleasure for thousands of Canadians. Continue reading →
It appears that 2014 will go down in the records as a year of auctions. Continue reading →
I think that’s what makes the one-cent magenta so special is the story. Found by a young collector, seized by the French government for war reparations, and most recently owned by a convicted murderer, the stamp comes with a great story. Continue reading →
The expertising service is on the front line of the war against those people who alter stamps, often seeking windfall profits as a result of some of this tampering. I’m not talking about someone who soaks a stamp to clean off grime, or even may use an eraser to eliminate a tiny pencil mark. There... Continue reading →
We sometimes imply that there is a sort of natural evolution; that the collector starts out just accumulating, then eventually develops a plan, and finally becomes serious. At that point they start thinking about publishing and exhibiting. I don’t think that is always the case. I know some very experienced collectors who sort of do... Continue reading →