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...
Our September 24th/25th auction will present the ‘Tuanjai’ collection of Fiji with early items including two very rare ‘Fiji Times’ covers; a further offering from the ‘Moore & Moore’ collection of Gibraltar with exceptional postal history; British East Africa stamps and cancellations from the collection of Michael Ensor CMG, OBE; the Mike Phelan collection of Persian Gulf; Egypt formed by the late Stanley Horesh; the Frank Deakin collection … Read more...
BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES, a specialised auction held at Grosvenor on 22nd and 23rd May, well exceeded its pre-sale estimate, achieving a grand total of £591,375.
Top price in the sale was the £9,578 paid for the unique proof strike in violet of the popular South Georgia 1928 21/2d. on 2d. Provisional Surcharge (lot 1482, left), which was accompanied by a letter from postmaster A.G. Nelson-Jones in which he … Read more...
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,570 lots, the property of 112 vendors, featuring the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, a further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection of Dr L Philips of Brighton, outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager … Read more...
The GREAT BRITAIN auction held at Grosvenor on 9th April, latest in the regular series of specialised sales, achieved an impressive sale total of £606,820.
This was a well balanced presentation that featured not only the award winning collection of line engraved formed by Vic Potter of Ontario but also an interesting section of postal history and scarce items from all reigns.
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,200 lots, the property of 113 vendors, featuring the award winning line engraved collection formed by Vic Potter of Ontario; an extremely fine selection of surface printed, with high values, mint multiples, and very rare watermark errors; an exceptional range of Seahorses; QEII commemorative errors; the John Sussex RDP, FRPSL collection of Northern Ireland regionals
The first BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES sale of Spring 2014 held at Grosvenor on 5th and 6th March achieved a total realisation of £437,158.
This auction featured the Stewart R. Murray North Borneo, an outstanding collection that included an 1884 combination envelope from the ‘Locke’ correspondence to Surrey bearing the 1883 2c. brown used with Straits Settlements 1882 8c. orange and 1883-91 2c. pale rose (lot 995). … Read more...
