British Empire and Foreign Countries

Our final auction of the Autumn Season includes a landmark offering of Falkland Islands and Antarctica including rarities and selections from the collections of Chris Boyd, the late Mark Burton and Terry Lay as well as the first offering from the remarkable collection of South Georgia formed by Wilf Vevers FRPSL.

Also featured are important early India documents from the Sir Charles William Boughton Rouse Dacca Archive including “CALCUTTA” Bishop mark covers; a rare offering of Nauru from the superlative collection of Nauru formed by the late Robert C Stein FRPSL; the Greg Wynn collection of South Australia; strong Egypt formed by the late Michael Bramwell; the third part of the exceptional collection of Mauritius postal stationery formed by the late Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, Hon. FRPSL; and Portugal & Colonies from the classic collection formed by the late Colonel Cosmo George St. Clair Harvey.

This auction has closed for consignments and the catalogue is in preparation.

News item published on: 2 May, 2026