Peter’s interest started at an early stage and continued through the stages of stamp club trading, part time dealing, to 20 years as a full time dealer in all things philatelic.
Peter was employed in the international steamship trade for over 30 years . He has represented Grosvenor for the last 3 years, previously having been a consultant for both Philips and Bonhams arranging and participating in many valuation days … Read more...
Tristan Brittain joined Grosvenor in January 2005. His interest in stamps started in the early 1970s when he was given a large packet of Malayan stamps. After finishing school in Wokingham he went to work for Stanley Gibbons, gaining a useful knowledge of Commonwealth and GB including Postal History. After leaving Stanley Gibbons he worked with various dealers to widen his experience, and travelled frequently to Hong Kong where he … Read more...
Andrew was recruited to the Grosvenor team in 2009 initially for his expertise in information technology and publishing. Since then he developed a strong, diverse knowledge of many philatelic areas, his personal collections including the challenging territories of Moldavia & Walachia, Serbia and Montenegro, as well as studies of the fakes and forgeries of the world. His many outside interests include rugby, fencing and the history and coinage of Imperial … Read more...
Stuart Billington joined Grosvenor in 2005, as a part time consultant having previously been head of department at Philips (later Bonhams) between 1999 and 2005. With Phillips and Bonhams he spent much time travelling, about 50,000 a miles a year. As part of the Grosvenor team Stuart spends most of his time visiting clients and carrying out valuations. Stuart’s main areas of interest are in the Commonwealth, China and Egypt.… Read more...
Charles worked as a botanist for fourteen years in Cambridge after graduating from university in 1973. He then entered the philatelic trade in 1989, joining Stanley Gibbons Auctions in 1990. He subsequently joined Phillips (later Bonhams) in 1992 as a describer and valuer, responsible for cataloguing Great Britain, British Commonwealth and Foreign countries, and travelling throughout the country and overseas looking at collections and conducting valuation days, before leaving to … Read more...
Constanze began life in the beautiful market town of Chesterfield before reading physics at Oxford University. She joined Sandafayre as a philatelic describer in 2012 moving to Grosvenor in March 2014.
Constanze lives in Luton and enjoys modular origami, computer games and contemporary Middle Eastern art.… Read more...
Tom joined Grosvenor in 2012 after graduating from the University of Kent with a degree in History. He is most clients’ first point of contact and is responsible for the whole range of client services including private and public viewing. Tom’s many responsibilities also include supervision of the scanning of philatelic items, as well as the preparation and despatch of auction lots.
Tom lives in Luton with his partner and … Read more...
Glyn joined HR Harmer in 1965 where he was a describer until 1976 specialising in Foreign Countries. He subsequently joined Argyll Etkin Ltd, researching postal history and pricing stock, and in 1986 became a senior describer for Phillips (later Bonhams). He has five daughters and he enjoys spending time in Spain.… Read more...