It isn’t often we see an auction catalogue focused on Venezuela. Strictly speaking, this Cavendish auction was billed as a ‘Collection of Central and South America’ but this was very much dominated by Brack’s superb holdings of Venezuela. Brack lived in Venezuela for a time and was an occasional contributor to The Mainsheet, back in […]
Archives for June 2016
World Stamp Show – NY2016
The US holds an international stamp show every ten years but it was back in 1956 that New York took centre stage as the host of the world’s most important philatelic event. The cavernous Javits Centre in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan provided ample space for collectors and dealers to spend seven days meeting, buying, selling, exhibiting […]