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Grosvenor is home to the only regular major auctions of Great Britain offering traditional favourites as well as exploring fascinating developed areas of specialist interest. This sale will include the British section of the John Ineson collection of Scouting.

This auction remains open for consignments until 30 September.… Read more...

 

The Curate’s Egg

Like the proverbial curate’s egg, parts of this auction were excellent, despite a disappointing number of lots that failed to find new homes. Collections and selections that provided depth of interest for collectors and potential for dealers attracted particularly enthusiastic bidding whilst some ‘old favourites’ were disappointing on the day.

Notable individual results included the 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet overprinted “SPECIMEN” from the unlisted stereo A16 [lot 383Read more...

 

Forthcoming Auctions

British Empire & Foreign Countries
Tuesday 3 October 2023

Our October 4 sale will feature the second part of the Stefan Heijtz FRPSL collection of Barbados. This exceptional collection has been awarded three international Gold medals at the Philakorea 2002 (with Felicitations of the Jury), London 2020 and London 2022 exhibitions.… Read more...

 

MARCH MADNESS

More than £1 million was spent at the Grosvenor auction of British Empire & Foreign Countries on March 14th/15th by buyers excited by an attractive offering of ‘genuine’ material from a series of traditional collections compiled by their original owners over many years. This large sale brought to the market the greater part of the remarkable all World collection formed by Dr Brian Austen, South Atlantic and Falkland Islands … Read more...

British Empire & Foreign Countries

Our October 4 sale will feature the second part of the Stefan Heijtz FRPSL collection of Barbados. This exceptional collection has been awarded three international Gold medals at the Philakorea 2002 (with Felicitations of the Jury), London 2010 and London 2022 exhibitions.

This auction remains open for consignments until 31 July.

 

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British Empire and Foreign Countries

This sale will feature the remarkable John Ineson FRPSL collection of Scouting issues from around the World including an important offering from the 1899-1900 Siege of Mafeking; the Cyril DeFriez collection of Egypt and Sudan, an exceptional and rarely offered collection of the Indian Feudatory State of Sirmoor and Malaya with the Gordon Peters’ collections of revenue stamps, extensive picture postcards, a large library of books together with Johore stamps … Read more...