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...
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 auction is currently in preparation and will include Gold Coast from the collection of Ian Anderson FRPSL; the late Alister Kinnon collection of Saint Lucia; exceptional Mauritius postal stationery formed by the late Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL; the ‘Friuli’ collection of postal history of the Boxer Rebellion and a further specialised section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the Martin Joce collection of … Read more...
