Rhodesia: a display of the highest quality
Press release from RPSL
March 9, 2020
Postcards give you the opportunity to discover these 3 forgotten trades!
Many professions have disappeared by force of circumstance. Fortunately, old photographs or postcards can remind us of their existence.
February 27, 2020
Digitabulist, who are you ?
A digitabulist collects thimbles. This small and very old object dates back to the Middle Ages. It is a case to protect the tailor's fingers. The majority of thimbles are made of metal and are studded on the outside. There are also thimbles made of ivory, porcelain or even bone. They can cover the whole right or be a simple ring.
February 19, 2020
Cards on the table!
Cards are the popular game par excellence. Everyone has a deck at home. Do you know the history of card games?
February 13, 2020
Meet the spring at the Spring Sberatel / Collector fair!
Do not miss the sales exhibition for collectors, which will take place from Friday, March 27 to Saturday March 28 in the conference area of the four-star Olympik Hotel. The Spring Sberatel / Collector is a younger sibling of the traditional Sberatel / Collector fair which is organizing for over twenty years in Prague, in the PVA Exhibition Grounds. You will find leading traders in post stamps, coins, banknotes, postcards, and other collector´s i
February 3, 2020
Queen Victoria, is the most famous philatelic effigy!
With good reason: hers was the first one! The first stamp, the “penny black”, was issued in 1840 during her reign. So, it makes perfect sense that her portrait was on it. What’s more, the British Empire was at its peak. That’s all it took to ensure that Queen Victoria would become the most emblematic figure of stamp collecting. Queen Victoria had such an impact on her times that they were renamed the “Victorian Era”.
January 29, 2020
Relaxation of the rules regarding email address transfer in Delcampe’s messaging system
Following the request of many of our members, we have relaxed the rules regarding the transfer of email addresses between members on the Delcampe website.
January 23, 2020
Femininity in Raphaël Kirchner’s postcards
A contemporary of Alfons Mucha, Raphaël Kirchner also left his mark on the postcards of La Belle Epoque. His beautiful women are still thrilling collectors today.
January 17, 2020
62nd thematic stamp exhibition Exphimo
Reserve from May 30th to June 1st, 2020 and take part in the thematic stamp exhibition Exphimo in Mondorf-les-Bains, which is the annual international meeting point for thematic stamp collectors from Luxembourg and many other countries.
January 15, 2020