May 3, 2026 4:17 pm
Published by James Grist
The Specialised Great Britain auction on April 29th-30th produced an impressive final sale total of £599,390. Important sections included the remarkable Gold Medal winning collection of the 1840-76 2d. blue formed by the late Jane Moubray RDP, Hon. FRPSL, former President of the Royal Philatelic Society.
Featured on the front cover of the sale catalogue, Jane’s characterful Mulready 2d. envelope originally used in 1842 from Brighton to Burwash and most … Read more...
May 2, 2026 4:49 pm
Published by James Grist
This sale closes for consignments on October 2nd.
Vendors at Grosvenor enjoy generous, fully inclusive commission rates with no hidden add-on fees. Contact Managing Director Tom Margalski for further information.
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April 16, 2026 2:54 pm
Published by James Grist
Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 June 2026 – British Empire and Foreign Countries
An auction of nearly 1,650 lots including 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, Hon. FRPSL; the ‘Friuli’ collection of postal history of the Boxer Rebellion a specialised section of … Read more...
March 28, 2026 7:22 am
Published by James Grist
Our Autumn event will include the Jane and Michael Moubray Collection of Overseas Mail, foundation of the groundbreaking publication British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840 to UPU first published in 1992 and winner of the prestigious Crawford Medal. The collection covers mails going from Great Britain to India, Australia, the Far East and Africa as well as Transatlantic Mail, reflecting the development of mail routes and … Read more...
March 28, 2026 7:21 am
Published by James Grist
The opening auction of the Autumn Season will include fine and unusual material from the collection of the late Brian Sole FRPSL and the second part of the exceptional collection of Mauritius postal stationery formed by the late Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, Hon. FRPSL.
This sale closes for further consignments on July 24th.
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December 8, 2025 1:52 pm
Published by James Grist
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...
November 3, 2025 10:47 am
Published by James Grist
The Specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor on October 29th-30th exceeded 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...
October 1, 2025 3:13 pm
Published by James Grist
An auction of nearly 1,650 lots including 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, Hon. FRPSL; the ‘Friuli’ collection of postal history of the Boxer Rebellion a specialised section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica with the Martin Joce collection of South Shetlands and … Read more...
