In this section, you’ll find files and anecdotes on the history of collections. Comics, stamps, postcards… they’re all in the spotlight.
As part of the Stamp Festival, the International Postal Philatelic Club (more commonly known as the Postal Club) organized the "I Draw a Stamp" competition for its young members, with the theme "jugglers and acrobats." The Postal Club's young members include 15 Polish students (aged 9 to 11) from a Warsaw elementary school.
March 20, 2025
From 10 to 13 April 2025, Messe Dortmund will once again be transformed into a vibrant centre for model-building enthusiasts.
March 10, 2025
This Mardi Gras, what could be more appropriate than to pay tribute to Carnival? Take a look at some beautiful, colourful old postcards!
March 4, 2025
We tend to forget it these days, but a unified Italy is actually quite recent. In the period leading up to the country's reunification on 17 March 1861, the regions minted some very interesting coins, including the five I'm going to introduce in this article.
February 25, 2025
The art of the postcard can take many forms. A few months ago, we told you about aluminium postcards, which offer a shiny appearance. Today, I'd like to introduce you to another technique that has been very successful: embroidered postcards.
February 18, 2025
See the Delcampe top sales for February 2025 here.
February 10, 2025
Today I invite you to discover an amusing collection of photographs, by Félix Potin. A French grocer born in 1820, Félix Potin opened his first grocery shop in 1844. The shop's slogan was ‘good quality, good weight and good prices’!
February 6, 2025
Do you know the Cayman Islands? This territory of 264 square kilometres covers three islands and is located in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and Yucatan. The islands were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1503, but were not inhabited until the second half of the 17th century.
January 30, 2025
While looking through Delcampe's postcards category, I came across the illustrator Jean de Preissac. Working in a style close to that of cartoonists, Jean de Preissac's postcards are intended to be humorous.
January 23, 2025
At the end of last year, I invited you to discover the book by Stavros Andreadis, LARGE HERMES HEADS - PRINTING AND SHADES. This book is above all a color chart with a very large number of high-definition photographs (1,144) of the different shades of color of all the issues of the large Greek Hermes head, but without any further description...
January 7, 2025