The Bigger the Better?

The Specialised Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History auction held over two days at Grosvenor on October 30 and 31 achieved a final sale total of £310,714, showing a good overall demand for material but also reflecting a continuing volatility with certain specialist areas continuing to wallow in the doldrums.

The section of Collections & Mixed Lots that opened the first day provided an impressive start. A huge accumulation … Read more...


 

Penguins Take Flight

The Helen Davis collection of penguin themed items, featured in the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction on June 5th-6th, attracted interest from a wide collector base with highest realisations achieved unsurprisingly by items connected directly to the early Antarctic expeditions.… Read more...

 

Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Sale number: 129

Sale Time: Wednesday 5th June 2019 at 1.30 pm
Thursday 6th June 2019 at 11 am and 2 pm

Featuring the latest in our popular offerings of specialised Falkland Islands & Antarctica together with the Helen Davis Gold Medal collection of Penguin Stamps, the Gold Medal collection of Straits Settlements, Malaya and British Borneo during the Second World War formed by the late David Foreman and numerous … Read more...

 

The Errors Are Back

The Specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor on 24-25 April provided many positive indications of a market that has now settled down and is ready for more sustainable growth. The auction exceeded its pre-sale estimate, achieving a fine total of £832,027.

The first half of this sale featured a particularly high proportion of material of exceptional quality, including Queen Victoria surface printed issues showing fine dated c.d.s. cancellations. … Read more...

 

Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History

Sale number: 128

Wednesday 24th April 2019

Sale Time: Wednesday 24th April 2019 at 2 pm
Thursday 25th April 2019 at 11 am and 2 pm

Featuring Machins from the estate of the late Robert Campbell ‘Cam’ Grosjean, GB Used Abroad from the collection of the late Patrick Cassels and the collection of Surrey & Hampshire Postcards formed by the late Percy Vickery… Read more...

 

February British Empire and Foreign

Sale 127

Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Featuring the late Percy Vickery collection of Hong Kong, Morocco Agencies from the Moore & Moore collection, the late Peter Marks collection of New Zealand and the Mel Doyle collection of Zanzibar

Thursday 21st February 2019 at 11 am and 2 pm

To be held in the Grosvenor Auction Room on the Third Floor of the … Read more...