The Brian Asquith collection of Chinese Airmails was one of several sections of lots to impress in the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction on December 3rd-4th. Appearing on the front cover of the catalogue, the characterful cover from the 1920 (May 7) Tientsin to Peking flight “by Handley-Page Aeroplane” [lot 449] rose to £5,490 whilst an attractive registered cover from the 1933 (July … Read more...
Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 March 2026 – British Empire and Foreign Countries
An auction of over 2,200 lots including Cyprus with the Christopher Podger FRPSL Collection, Gibraltar featuring the exceptional ‘Brympton’ Collection and the specialised sty and unusual display collections formed by the late Gary Brown FRPSL, FRPSV including Tunisia, Aden from 1937, South Africa Protea definitives and Union period postage dues and the specialised study of the Gibraltar 1935 … Read more...
The Specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor on October 29th-30thexceeded expectations, producing a final sale total of £534,448.
Interest was well spread throughout the major collecting areas and the usual strong response to the opening section of Collections & Mixed Lots resulted in most lots comfortably exceeding their estimate.
The star lot on the first day was a group of fascinating material from The Mercantile … Read more...
This prestige sale is currently in preparation and will include Gold Coast from the collection of Ian Anderson FRPSL and a further specialised section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the Martin Joce collection of South Shetlands.
Further consignments are cordially invited until April 6th.
