Mail for Indiathe Waghorn agency in Paris, 1837-1839
Do you know the Waghorn agency in Paris? Robert Abensur, President of the Académie, tells the story in a letter from 1839!
September 19, 2023
Enjoy reading the Delcampe Magazine – Classic Collections 7
Your new Delcampe Magazine Classic Collections is here! Enjoy reading about your favourite collections!
September 14, 2023
SENA* Conference: coins fromthe Roman Empire’s secular games
On 7 October, in the prestigious setting of the Monnaie de Paris, Dominique Hollard presented a very interesting topic. It’s now my pleasure to tell you about it, based on his presentation.
September 12, 2023
Delcampe Top Sales September 2023
See the Delcampe top sales for September 2023 here.
September 7, 2023
Reorganization of the “Stamps > Germany” category.
As German stamp collecting is expanding rapidly, we have received a huge number of requests and suggestions from German philatelists.
September 7, 2023
Welcome to the worldof women who wear glasses
Have you heard of Anne-Lise Remacle? This Delcampe stalwart has a particularly original collection theme: women who wear glasses. But beyond collecting photos of women who wear glasses, there is a real desire to present them in a new light, so she had a lot of fun inventing a fictional life for them. She agreed to introduce us to some of her amazing women who wear glasses!
September 5, 2023
World’s Rarest and Most Expensive Stamp To Be Shown At Stampex 2023 – ‘Stanley Gibbon’s One Cent Magenta’
The Philatelic Traders' Society is delighted to announce that Gold PTS Member, Stanley Gibbons will be displaying their British Guiana One Cent Magenta at Stampex from 27th - 30th September. The British Guiana One Cent Magenta was last showcased in 2021 after it was sold at auction in New York for a massive $8,307,000.
August 22, 2023
Singing stamps!
A new video from the World of Collecting presented by Marco is available today. Discover some unusual stamps that sing!
August 21, 2023
There are Barday postcardsand then there are Barday postcards!
Looking on Delcampe for a new illustrator to feature, I decided to look at Barday postcards. The site has several thousand of these cards, some quite different from others. A few of them are also signed by Barday, but not all. So why is that? In fact, after some research, the answer is quite simple!
August 8, 2023
Happy birthday to the picture postcard
Happy birthday to the picture postcardThis 4th of August is an important day for deltiologists. That is why www.delcampe.net is decorated in their honour.
August 3, 2023
Get your teeth into collecting
No, we’re not going to talk about philatelic perforation here, rather about a very special collection belonging to Henri Aronis, a former dentist who has created a website that presents his fascinating collection, already winning a string of open-class awards.
July 31, 2023