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...
It may have been unseasonably cold in London during the last week of November but there was plenty of heat generated by, in particular, the online bidding for Grosvenor’s last two auctions of 2023, generating a final sale total of £1,010,643 with happy buyers around the world.
Prominent in the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, held on November 28-29, was the remarkable collection of the issues of the Union … Read more...
We are delighted to welcome Ben Palmer FRSPC, FBSAP, FIPJF, AIEP, APR who joins Grosvenor bringing significant experience from working at two previous auction houses over a number of years.
Ben’s strength is in British Empire, particularly 19thand 20th century postal history. He is a both a National and International Judge and Fellow of the FIP Jury. He won the National Research Award in 2014 and … Read more...
A sale of over 1400 lots featuring the second part of the exceptional Stefan Heijtz FRPSL Barbados, an exceptional collection of postal history previously awarded three international Gold medals at the Philakorea 2002, London 2020 and London 2022 exhibitions, as well as significant offerings of Malta and Egypt … Read more...
