Wednesday, August 28, 2019

1943/44 ŠIBENIK, Rare stationery

A rare, hand overprinted, Šibenik stationery is on sale at the current Status International auction...

Lot 4365, start price U$ 1.836, estimate U$ 2.720 hammer price.

As you can see from the lot description, their estimate is that only two such items exist. I have seen four of them so far. Even so, I agree that this is a very rare item. However, the question is how many collectors are able to pay such a price?

Monday, August 19, 2019

1944 SENTA, eBay forgeries

Amateur forgeries have once again appeared on eBay (seller coal-to-coal). Obviously, customer naivety is boundless. How else can we interpret that such fakes have actually been sold so far?

1944 Senta forgeries on eBay.

One of the items enlarged. Apparently, you can get a  variety of variations, all together in one block of four. Very dilettante fake that anyone collecting 1944 Senta should easily recognize.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Concentration camp telegram

A telegram sent to a concentration camp is something rather unusual...

Telegram sent (13.V.42) from Kotor, Montenegro (Cattaro) to concentration camp Tollo.

Telegram form.