Season’s Greetings | Opening Hours

The Grosvenor office will close for the festive season at 1pm on Monday 23rd December and will reopen at 9:30am on Thursday 2nd January.

We would like to wish all of our clients an enjoyable festive period and look forward to being on service in 2025.… Read more...

 

GPA 90 Online

24th-25th September: Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

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...

 

In Preparation: GPA 90 British Empire & Foreign Countries

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...

 

Growing and Getting Stronger

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...

 

GPA 89 Online

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...

 

Quality Counts

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.

Sent on 6th May 1840, the first day … Read more...