Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps & Postal History featuring a further portion of the Davenport collection of QEII Commemorative Errors Friday 11th December 2009
The specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor’s Strand salerooms on 11 December amply demonstrated the current strength of the market. It made over £733,000, bringing the tota amount realised in just three days by this and the British Empire sale held on 9 & … Read more...
December 9th and 10th 2009 Auction of British Empire Postage Stamps & Postal History The specialised auction of British Empire stamps and postal history held at Grosvenor’s Strand salerooms on 9 & 10 December reached a remarkable total of £836,153, greatly in excess of the pre-sale estimate of £625,890. The fine used example of the rare double overprint variety discovered on the Cyprus- 1880 Halfpenny, Plate 15 (lot 536), was … Read more...
The auction of the second part of the “Aurelius” King Edward VII collection, on October 8th, was a resounding success with even stronger prices than in the first sale held in May. The sale realised over £698,000, bringing the combined total for the two sales to over £1,380,000 – a record for a King Edward VII collection sold at auction.
As in the first sale, proofs and colour trials attracted … Read more...
On 23 September, in our salerooms in the Strand, we held our 50th auction. In part because of the reputation we have been able to establish over the years, we were able to offer an exceptional sale to mark the occasion. The final total achieved, £799,225, was a satisfying return for the efforts of all involved; it also amply demonstrated the continuing strength of the British Empire market.
There were … Read more...
An eager audience awaited the start of this specialised Great Britain sale, a marathon 1600+ lots.
With the start at 11am precisely the sale commenced with the Collection and Ranges section proving to be a total sell out. The following section including watermarked paper, Fiscals, Revenues and Railway stamps was also well received. Pre stamp postal history produced the usual mixed results and one must feel that before long this … Read more...
An eager audience awaited the start of this specialised Great Britain sale, a marathon 1600+ lots. With the start at 11am precisely the sale commenced with the Collection and Ranges section proving to be a total sell out. The following section including watermarked paper, Fiscals, Revenues and Railway stamps was also well received. Pre stamp postal history produced the usual mixed results and one must feel that before long this … Read more...
KING EDWARD VII IN DEMAND “A once in a lifetime opportunity” was how a prospective bidder described this auction held at the Grosvenor saleroom on 21st May.
This specialised Great Britain collection offered just over 360 lots of outstanding material from the reign of King Edward VII, the like of which had not been seen on the market for decades. A strong group of collector and trade buyers assembled at … Read more...
May 7th saw the 47th auction sale at Grosvenor, Postage Stamps and Postal History of the British Empire. Offering over 1300 los from throughout the Empire the sale commenced with a strong section of Falkland Islands and Antarctica.
This specialised section of Falkland Islands included the wonderful collections formed by Margery Wharton and Judith Faulkner and comprised a wide range of fascinating lots. It drew a serious audience to the … Read more...