Michael and Charles are joined LIVE by Isobel Klempka and Suzzane Rae, Chairman of the PTS, while they are on the floor of Stampex 2021!
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Coins, Stamps and Collectibles: The Three Treasures Auction
We discuss the upcoming sale of the Three Treasures at Sotheby’s on the 8th June 2021. The world famous 1856 British Guiana 1 cent Magenta is expected to fetch nearly 15 million dollars. The 1918 Inverted Jenny plate block as well as the 1933 Double Eagle coin all go under…
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Eastern Arabia
Eastern Arabia was historically known as Al-Bahrain until the 18th century. This region stretched from the south of Basra along the Persian Gulf coast and included the regions of: Ahwaz al-Hasa Bahrain Kuwait Northern Oman Qatar Qatif Southern Iraq United Arab Emirates The entire coastal strip of Eastern Arabia was…
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Commonwealth of the Philippines (Japanese Occupation)
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines occurred between 1942 and 1945, when Imperial Japan occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. The invasion of the Philippines started on 8 December 1941, ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. As at Pearl Harbor, American aircraft were severely damaged…
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Maximaphily
Maximaphily is a branch of philately involving the study and creation of maximum cards. It is one of eleven classifications of philately recognised by the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) and therefore has its own FIP Commission. In philately a maximum card (also known as a maxi-card, or maxicard) is…
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Exploring Stamps: Top 10 Most Popular Topics to Collect
Exploring Stamps learns about the Top 10 thematics (topical) to collect on stamps provided by the American Topical Association (ATA) .
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Stamp Chats: Drawn to Action – The Artistic and Philatelic Works of Arthur Szyk
The presentation by Gregg Philipson, who is an avid Szyk collector, focuses on the career of Polish born Jewish artist Arthur Szyk. Szyk was known for his political and religious drawings, caricatures, book illustrations, illuminated manuscripts and watercolor/gouache paintings. The presentation is designed to focus on the philatelic art of…
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Stanley Gibbons: Stamp collecting for beginners – How we value a collection
Oscar Young, of Stanley Gibbons auctions valuations team, explains how -over time- our philatelic experts can begin to value a stamp collection from the very first glance.
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PTS and STAMPEX: Presenting the Museum of Philately and the Emerald Collection
Join PTS and STAMPEX and the Museum of Philately as they present Marcus Orsi discussing the Emerald Collection.
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Mark Bloxham Stamps Ltd: Wildings
The Wildings were a series of definitive postage and revenue stamps featuring the Dorothy Wilding photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that were in use between 1952 and 1971. The Wildings were the first and only British stamps to feature graphite lines on the back, and the first to feature…
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