A highly successful BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES auction at Grosvenor on November 19th and 20th left its pre-sale estimate far behind, achieving a grand total of £853,112.
The sale was dominated by two exceptional collections, both exceptional in their quality and containing many items new to the market. Each has been acclaimed as the most important ever offered in their field at auction and this sale catalogue will remain … Read more...
The specialised GREAT BRITAIN auction held at Grosvenor on 18th and 19th November reached an impressive grand total of £1,316,387, easily exceeding the pre-sale estimate and confirming once more London’s ascendancy as the prime location for the sale of stamps and postal history from the home country.
Star of the catalogue front cover, a beautiful example of the 1865-67 10d. red-brown plate 1 watermark emblems error (lot 779, above), used … Read more...
