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JULY SALE REALISES £627,482. (incl. premium and VAT)



Strong prices at Grosvenor

The sale of material from around the world which was held on July 15 by Grosvenor at its auction rooms at 399-401 Strand, London reached a total of £627,482 (all prices quoted are inclusive of the buyer’s premium).



The sale attracted significant demand for material from the collection of the late Colonel Harvey, at one time the doyen of The Royal Philatelic Society London. The estimate … Read more...

 

MAY SALE REALISES £743,148 as strong demand for GB continues.



The continuing strong demand for Great Britain was fully evident at the Grosvenor sale held on May 26, at which the realisations, including the buyer’s premium of 17.625% totalled over three quarters of a million pounds.

The line engraved material included one of the largest multiple uses of the Penny Black recorded, comprising a block of twelve from plate 6, with corner letters from
AJ to DL, split to form … Read more...