This sale will feature Cyprus including the remarkable Christopher Podger FRPSL collection, Gibraltar including the exceptional ‘Brympton’ Collection and the specialised study of the 1935 Silver Jubilee issue, formed by the late Edmund Chambers and offered intact, as well as display collections formed by the late Gary Brown FRPSL, FRPSV including Tunisia, Aden from 1937, South Africa Protea definitives and Union period postage dues.
The James Teron collection of Tonga offered at Grosvenor in the British Empire & Foreign Countries sale on September 24th and 25th attracted great interest and strong results. The 1895 1d. olive-green, horizontal pair imperforate between and used with a scarce part boxed “PACKET BOAT” handstamp [lot 1967] realised £4,560. Included were a number of rare full panes and other multiples amongst which was the attractive mint block … Read more...
The June auction week at Grosvenor produced a highly satisfactory total of £708,989.
First to be offered was the remarkable Collection of Malta formed by John Birkett Allan on June 3rd, a landmark sale with its sale catalogue of 1,376 lots certain to become an invaluable work of reference for years to come.
Many individual results caught the eye, including the important order issued in 1798 by Napolean Bonaparte … Read more...
