Dorothy Sharp (1928 – 2024)
The Grosvenor graphic designer Dorothy Sharp passed away on June 25th, having celebrated her 96th birthday earlier in the month. She had worked as part of our team for over 25 years, the front cover of the recent GPA 159 catalogue being her final contribution.
Dorothy Bertha Merriton Sharp was born in Kent in 1928 and was the granddaughter of noted English historian Samuel Rawson Gardiner. After the death … Read more...
GPA 93 The ‘Golden’ Collection: Part One: Online
Tuesday 10th March 2015 at 11 am and 2pm
The Golden Collection of Great Britain Part One – King George V to Queen Elizabeth II
A specialised auction of over 700 lots, the first offering from this exceptional collection presenting the issues from King George V to Queen Elizabeth II
To be held in the Grosvenor Auction Room on the Third Floor of the Stanley Gibbons building at 399–401 Strand, … Read more...
GPA 94 British Empire & Foreign Countries: Online
Wednesday 11th March at 11 am and 2pm, Thursday 12th March at 11am
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,900 lots, with special sections presenting the Robert De Keyser Collection of King George V Key Plates and the Nick Rand Collection of the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, together with several important country offerings including the exceptional ‘Trevol’ Collection of … Read more...
Cinderellas and Ice
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...
London Rules
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...
Prices realised GPA 91 and 92
GPA 91 Great Britain: Online
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.
GPA 92 British Empire & Foreign Countries: Online
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...
