Autumn 2018 Auctions
BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES
19-20 September 2018
The first sale of our Autumn 2018 season will include a special section of Australasia & Pacific Islands featuring rare stamps, proofs and essays from the Gold Medal winning collection of Tasmania Pictorials formed by Malcolm Groom and the award-winning collection of New Hebrides formed over 60 years by Jim Crompton. This sale will also present the Brian Davies collection of … Read more...
British Empire and Foreign Countries
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
Sale Number: 120
Wednesday 28th February 2018 at 2pm
Thursday 1st March 2018 at 11am & 2pm
Featuring important Malaya with the Joe Robertson collection of Postage Dues and Underpaid Mails of Malaya & Bornean Territories and the Brian Geden collection of the Postal History of Singapore, Saint Helena Postal History with the second part of the Stefan … Read more...
Nothing Burns Like The Cold
It was a cold day outside on the Strand but it soon warmed up in the Grosvenor saleroom when the bidding got started at the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction on November 29th.
Star item in the exceptional collection of Antarctica formed by the late Fred Goldberg was the 1911 Roald Amundsen expedition envelope (lot 1163, left), the only known example to have travelled to Antarctica and sent on … Read more...
GPA 119 Prices Realised
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday 29th November 2017 at 10.30 am, 1 pm and 3.30 pm
Featuring the late Fred Goldberg collection of Antarctica, the ‘Braemar’ collection of Falkland Islands, rare proofs and essays from the extraordinary collection of Peter Young, FRPSL, a further offering from the outstanding ‘Moore & Moore’ collection of Gibraltar and the only known postally used example of the rare North West Pacific Islands 2½d. (SG 87)… Read more...
GPA 118 Prices Realised
Great Expectations
Lot 655
The autumn season at GROSVENOR continued on 25th-26th October with arguably the most interesting, balanced auction of traditional Great Britain to have been offered for some time. Pre-sale attendances during private and public viewing days were exceptionally high and a very fine total sale result of £938,637 was just reward.
As was noted during the September British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, lots created from the unusual collection … Read more...
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday 25th October 2017 at 11 am and 2.00 pm
Thursday 26th October 2017 at 11 am and 2.00 pm
A fine and varied auction, the property of 100 vendors, featuring the first offering of Essays, Proofs and Trials from the exceptional collection of Dr Peter Young, FRPSL, the extensive and unusual collections of Telegraph and Revenue Stamps formed by the late Prof. Iain Stevenson, FRPSL, interesting … Read more...