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...
Held during the week after the highly successful London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition, the Grosvenor May 2010 auctions achieved a remarkable combined total of £1,114, 523 well ahead of the pre-sale estimate of £947,640.
The auction of the John Forrest Collection of Cancellations of the British Empire, held on Wednesday May 19th, was a remarkable event, the sale of a life’s work devoted to gathering examples … Read more...
Held in the afternoon of the same day and continuing on May 20th, the accompanying auction of British Empire & Foreign Countries contained a number of interesting and significant areas of material.
First under the hammer was that of the Falkland Islands & Antarctica, which featured the collection of the late Robert Barnes FRPSL, the author of several important reference works on the subject. Featured on the front cover of … Read more...
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps & Postal History featuring a further portion of the Davenport collection of QEII Commemorative Errors Friday 11th December 2009
The specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor’s Strand salerooms on 11 December amply demonstrated the current strength of the market. It made over £733,000, bringing the tota amount realised in just three days by this and the British Empire sale held on 9 & … Read more...
December 9th and 10th 2009 Auction of British Empire Postage Stamps & Postal History The specialised auction of British Empire stamps and postal history held at Grosvenor’s Strand salerooms on 9 & 10 December reached a remarkable total of £836,153, greatly in excess of the pre-sale estimate of £625,890. The fine used example of the rare double overprint variety discovered on the Cyprus- 1880 Halfpenny, Plate 15 (lot 536), was … Read more...
The auction of the second part of the “Aurelius” King Edward VII collection, on October 8th, was a resounding success with even stronger prices than in the first sale held in May. The sale realised over £698,000, bringing the combined total for the two sales to over £1,380,000 – a record for a King Edward VII collection sold at auction.
As in the first sale, proofs and colour trials attracted … Read more...
On 23 September, in our salerooms in the Strand, we held our 50th auction. In part because of the reputation we have been able to establish over the years, we were able to offer an exceptional sale to mark the occasion. The final total achieved, £799,225, was a satisfying return for the efforts of all involved; it also amply demonstrated the continuing strength of the British Empire market.
An eager audience awaited the start of this specialised Great Britain sale, a marathon 1600+ lots.
With the start at 11am precisely the sale commenced with the Collection and Ranges section proving to be a total sell out. The following section including watermarked paper, Fiscals, Revenues and Railway stamps was also well received. Pre stamp postal history produced the usual mixed results and one must feel that before long this … Read more...
An eager audience awaited the start of this specialised Great Britain sale, a marathon 1600+ lots. With the start at 11am precisely the sale commenced with the Collection and Ranges section proving to be a total sell out. The following section including watermarked paper, Fiscals, Revenues and Railway stamps was also well received. Pre stamp postal history produced the usual mixed results and one must feel that before long this … Read more...
