I recently acquired a very nice collection of pre-1940 Chile that had been collected by SOFICH and cross-referenced by Scott. It clearly shows just how much room for expansion there […]
Part 20, Part 20, wherefore art thou Part 20…?
It is now ten years since Stanley Gibbons printed the fourth and current edition of their ‘Part 20’ South America stamp catalogue. And the separate ‘Part 15’ that covers Central […]
Bookshelf Essentials Part II – The Central American Newsletter
Although The Mainsheet covered all twenty republics, its focus was primarily on South America. In 1980, under the editorship of Bernard Davies, The Central American Newsletter was launched as a […]
Bookshelf Essentials – The Mainsheet
If there is one thing philatelists are not short of it is reading material. Decades of book publishing has produced a wealth of literature on every subject imaginable and each […]
Colombian air post rarities under the hammer
One of the most iconic and distinctive series of stamps in Latin American philately are the nine colourful labels used by CCNA (Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea) in 1920. These […]
El Salvador finally makes it to London
After a mere 148 years, the RPSL finally got to put on a display of El Salvador on 9th November. Guillermo Gallegos had come from over from Mexico to present […]
Brasilia 2017 – is this the future for major stamp exhibitions?
If I’ve read one article on “how do we attract more collectors to the hobby?”, I must have read it a hundred times. And no stamp exhibition escapes the post-event […]
Brian Moorhouse RIP
Brian Moorhouse, the renowned Latin America expert and dealer, died on 15th July. I last saw him at his September auction, seemingly as fit as a fiddle and with no […]
South American stamps continue to appreciate in value
“While stamp prices of Europe and North American countries have shown significant weakness over the last five years, South American countries are showing continued appreciation with little or no price […]
And the second most expensive Latin American country to collect is…Honduras. And the least expensive? Guatemala. Debate!
Back in 2000, a Canadian Gentleman by the name of Michel Bégin compiled a database entitled “The Most Affordable Classic Stamps to Collect” and published his findings on the web. […]
Book Review – Introducing Venezuela’s Escuelas Stamps by Williams Castillo
Before we get to the content, I should point out that the beauty of this book is the author’s skill for taking a complicated subject and making it very simple […]
Scott Specialized adds another 67 listings to Venezuela
It’s taken a while but Scott is now recognizing Venezuela’s postal fiscals (or postage and revenue stamps) in the 2017 edition of its Classic Specialized Catalogue. This bumps up the […]