Uprising

The exceptionally large British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, a three day sale of nearly 2,700 lots, achieved an impressive final total of £858,935.

Proving itself the star lot of the sale, the set of Orange Free State postal fiscals and postage stamps in full sheets with values to £5 [lot 2424], were brought to England after the Anglo-Boer War by Major Sir John Hubert Ward KCVO who … Read more...


 

GPA 85 Great Britain

Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History

A specialised auction of over 1,400 lots, the property of 119 vendors, including the fine collection of £1 stamps formed by Ian D. Crane MA, FRPSL, MsocInd, a fine range of postal history including a number of Corsini letters, an extremely fine selection of K.E.VII issues including colour trials and many rare shades, and the Roy Parker collection of Wildings and … Read more...

 

New Grosvenor Director

Grosvenor is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Williams to the position of Director. He joins James Grist, Nick Mansell, Glyn Page and Chris Lawrence on the Board of Directors with special responsibilities for client liaison and technical development.… Read more...

 

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

The BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES auction held at Grosvenor over two days on 25th and 26th September realised a total of £721,893, comfortably confirming the auctioneers’ pre-sale expectation.… Read more...

 

GPA 84 Online


Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Wednesday 25th September 2013 at 2 pm
Thursday 26th September 2013 at 11am and 2 pm

A specialised auction of over 1,800 lots, the property of 143 vendors, featuring the exceptional Ron Peters collection of Gibraltar and Great Britain issues overprinted for use in the Morocco Agencies, the fine and attractive collections of Iran formed by the late … Read more...

 

In Preparation: GPA 86 British Empire & Foreign Countries


GPA 86: British Empire & Foreign Countries

November 28th 2013

This auction will include the latest in our continuing series of specialised sections of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including, on this occasion, the Trevor Barnes collection of South Georgia and fine material from the collection of Dr. Carlos Garcia-Moral. Consignments will be accepted until 21st September.… Read more...

 

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

The three June auctions held at Grosvenor between 4th and 6th June achieved a strong total of £969,326 with bids arriving from right across the globe.

BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES was a three session sale beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday 4th June and, after the customary well-supported section of Miscellaneous & Mixed Lots, one early lot to catch the eye was the pair of King George V master Read more...