Closing for Consignments
Entries for both our sales in October will close on 31 July 2021. Auctions may extend over two days.
Tuesday 5 October 2021
British Empire & Foreign Countries
This auction will include unusual offerings of Australian States with the concluding offering from the Lesley Digby Nelson collection of Queensland, unusual Canadian Provinces and an important presentation of Falkland Islands & Antarctica, featuring the exceptional collection formed … Read more...
A warm summer’s breeze was blowing through the Strand on June 16 as the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, in relaxed mood, reached the fine sale total of £312,228.
This auction provided items of a broad range of interest for collectors, even if many of the highest prices were achieved by collections on the day. Bidders from around the world came together, inspired partly by a shared sense that … Read more...
Sale number: 142 | 16 June 2021
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The railways of the past continue to inspire romance and those dreams have perhaps only been further encouraged by the recent restrictions on movement. Featuring strongly in the Great Britain auction on April 28-29 the Railway Stamps & Covers collection formed by the late Stuart Phillips attracted strong bidding.
A powerful symbol of this enthusiasm proved to the 1890 Railway Letter Postage essay overprint on the Jubilee 3d. [lot … Read more...
Sale number: 141 | 28-29 April 2021
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28 April | Lot 1-444 | Catalogue PDF
29 April | Lots 445-1531 | Catalogue PDF
Once considered as variations of issued stamps of little interest and frequently ignored by stamp catalogues, unusual watermark varieties today count among the most highly sought philatelic rarities.
Driven by enthusiastic online bidding from collectors around the world the sale total for the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction held at Grosvenor on March 17 left its pre-sale estimate far behind, reaching the remarkable figure of £520,771 due in no … Read more...
Sale number: 140 | 17 March 2020
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