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...
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,450 lots, the property of 114 vendors, featuring the Stewart R. Murray collection of North Borneo, the exceptional collection of Trieste formed by the late Dr Ronnie Shiers, the ‘Saisunee’ collection of Gilbert & Ellice Islands covers and cancellations, and the fine collection of India used in Zanzibar formed by Jeremy Lea of … Read more...
Our April 9th Specialised Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History auction will include a fine selection of surface printed high values and mint multiples, ‘Jubilee’ imprimaturs, an exceptional range of seahorses and a previously unrecorded Q.E.II commemorative perforation error.
This auction will close for vendor consignments on 31st January 2014
Our May 21st/22nd auction will feature the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, focusing on the unoverprinted issues employed in the area. A further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection formed by Dr. L Phillips is joined by outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager of Bookham and the latest in our … Read more...
