In this incredibly special episode, Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit visit Sotheby’s in New York City to examine the British Guiana 1-Cent Black on Magenta and the Inverted Jenny Plate Block, alongside philatelic consultant Robert Scott. They also speak to numismatic consultant David Tripp about…
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The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre presents their webinar featuring renowned herpetologist, Prof Dr Indraneil Das from the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).
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Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Robin Wilson – The History of Mathematics in 300 Stamps
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The House of Habsburg was one of the most prominent royal houses of Europe in the 2nd millennium. The house takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in the 1020s in present-day Switzerland by Radbot of Klettgau, who named his fortress Habsburg. His grandson Otto II was the…
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Today is Machin day. 54 years ago, the first set of Machin stamps were issued; a Machin 1st class stamp is probably the most common stamp in the UK. So join Richard Philatelist as he talks about what can you learn from the most common stamp.
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View More German Colonial EmpireIsrael, officially known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the south eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state, and the nation…
View More IsraelHong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. The Colony of Hong Kong became part of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded…
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