Very few lots in the East Africa sale at Grosvenor on 27 November failed to find new homes in what proved to be a very successful auction. This memorable day presented a unique opportunity to acquire stamp and postal history rarities from the collections of two highly distinguished collectors of this fascinating side of the ‘dark continent’, John Wilks and the late John Minns. Interest in this landmark auction came … Read more...
Sale number: 133
Wednesday 28th 2019
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Prices listed exclude VAT and buyer’s premium.
Sale number: 132
Wednesday 27th 2019
All prices are initially uploaded from the auction room and are not subject to checking therefore they are subject to error or omission.
Prices listed exclude VAT and buyer’s premium.
The Specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor on 29 October presented to the market a broad spectrum of Great Britain philately from postal history to modern errors and achieved a very pleasing total realisation of £660,757.… Read more...
Sale Number: 131
Sale Time: Tuesday 29th October 2019 at 10:30 am and 2pm
Featuring the late John Minns, FRPSL collection of Postal History of the Isle of Wight, the late Michael Hellings collection of the Postal History of Cornwall and an exceptional offering of Queen Elizabeth II definitives by the late Douglas Myall, FRPSP
First sale of the Autumn 2019 season, the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction on September 18th was a lengthy event lasting almost eight and a half hours in the Grosvenor auction room on the Strand. By the end of the day the pre-sale estimate had been left well behind, a fine sale total of £566,177 having been achieved. The market remains strong with dealers active and elite collectors still … Read more...
27 November 2019
East Africa: The Postal History and Postage Stamps
‘Minns & Wilks’ – a landmark auction that brings together the remarkable postal history collections of East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar formed by the late John Minns, FRPSL, author of British East Africa: The Stamps and Postal Stationery, and the exceptional collection of postage stamps of British East Africa formed by John Wilks, FRPSL, recent Chairman of the … Read more...
