Trevor Pateman's Philately Blog

This Blog is now closed but you can still contact me at patemantrevor@gmail.com. Ukraine-related posts have been edited into a book "Philatelic Case Studies from Ukraine's First Independence Period" edited by Glenn Stefanovics and available in the USA from amazon.com and in Europe from me. The Russia-related posts have been typeset for hard-copy publication but there are currently no plans to publish them.

Showing posts with label Italian expert signatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian expert signatures. Show all posts
Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Stamps Expertisation: Past and Present

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In the past, dealers and experts guaranteed stamps by signing them on the reverse, sometimes by hand and sometimes with a handstamp.  Th...
Friday, 3 November 2017

The Basic Rule of Stamp and Postal History Conservation

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Today I was breaking up a collection of Latvian stamps and a collection of pre-philatelic Gibraltar covers. This rather depressing task rem...
Friday, 22 April 2016

I feel sorry for collectors in Italy...

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One of the nice things about collecting is that you can decide to collect anything you like and you alone make up the rules which say what i...
Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Never Let Anyone Sign Your Covers!

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I am looking at a photograph in the Private Treaty section of an upcoming Bolaffi sale. It shows an 1858 cover with a bisected Romagna stamp...
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