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...
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...
The specialised Great Britain auction on November 18th/19th will feature the JJB Gold Medal winning collection of Channel Islands Postal History, the collection of British Airmails formed by the late Squadron Leader DR Stratton and an excellent selection of abnormals and rarities including the superb example of the 1865-67 10d. red-brown watermark emblems error, fine Seahorses and a good range of Machins and QEII commemorative errors.
To be held on November 19th/20th, this specialised auction of nearly 1,700 lots features the remarkable collection of Cinderellas, Locals and the Unusual formed by the late Jim Czyl of Illinois, the exceptional Arthur Moyles collection of Malta postal history, fine Cyprus formed by John Chillingworth, further material from the RJ Maddocks collection of Cameroons and the latest of our regular sections of specialised Falkland Islands & Antarctica, featuring … Read more...
Friendly hostilities broke out in the Grosvenor saleroom on 24th and 25th September as enthusiastic clients, both in the room and bidding from distance, drove prices to exciting levels in what proved to be a remarkable BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES auction that achieved a grand total of £1,016,746.… Read more...
A specialised auction of over 2,250 lots, featuring the remarkable Mike Phelan collection of Persian Gulf; the exceptional ‘Tuanjai’ collection of Fiji; a further offering from the outstanding ‘Moore & Moore’ collection of Gibraltar; British East Africa stamps and cancellations from the fine collection of Michael Ensor CMG, OBE; Egypt including fascinating material gathered by the … Read more...
