Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 September 2026 – British Empire and Foreign Countries
The opening auction of the Autumn Season will include fine and unusual material from the collections of the late Brian Sole FRPSL and the late Colonel Harvey, once the doyen of the Royal Philatelic Society London, as well as the ‘Oliver’ Collection of Cayman Islands, and the second part of the exceptional collection of Mauritius postal … Read more...
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...
