All Nations Stamp and Coin

9 Feb 1865 3c Due 7 SFR Cover to Victoria on Wellburn page

Dec 13, 2024 | Collections, Covers, Gerald Wellburn, Highlights

9 Feb 1865 3c Due 7 SFR Cover to Victoria on Wellburn page, sml flts Lot 87 in our auction...

1990: Began operating Eaton’s Stamp and Coin department

Feb 23, 2024 | All Nations Stamp and Coin

We had drinks with George Holschauer and Bill Simpson, among my ancestor’s uniforms, at the Imperial War Museum. I stood next to Fred Eaton as he acquired the largest known multiple of Canada’s Seaway Invert stamp, at the Christie’s auction, for Ron Brigham.

1989: Return to Vancouver

Feb 16, 2024 | All Nations Stamp and Coin

Macdonald’s invited me to their Toronto headquarters to discuss commemorative covers from the 1988 Soviet-Canadian Polar Bridge Expedition with a Russian delegation. It was an important meeting as Macdonald’s was expanding into Russia at the time. I was paid in Big Mac and Taxi passes.

1988: Detroit, Montreal, Virginia Beach, Wellburn auction

Feb 11, 2024 | All Nations Stamp and Coin

I wrote the stamp column for the Canadian Antiquer and Collector. Show visits included a train trip to Montreal and an earthquake during the show at Place Bonaventure, where the lights went out and we all lay across our displays in the dark, sheepishly rising when the lights returned.