Uprising

The exceptionally large British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, a three day sale of nearly 2,700 lots, achieved an impressive final total of £858,935.

Proving itself the star lot of the sale, the set of Orange Free State postal fiscals and postage stamps in full sheets with values to £5 [lot 2424], were brought to England after the Anglo-Boer War by Major Sir John Hubert Ward KCVO who … 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...

 

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.

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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...

 

Gulf Wars

Friendly hostilities broke out in the Grosvenor saleroom on 24th and 25th September as enthusiastic clients, both in the room and bidding from distance, drove prices to exciting levels in what proved to be a remarkable BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES auction that achieved a grand total of £1,016,746.… 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...